Optically stretching images to make a wider aspect ratio is back in a big way thanks to the internet. Adam Hamer investigates. DIY communities have sprouted up on the web, dedicated to helping ...

The Blazar Beetle 1.33x Anamorphic Lens series is a range of affordable, full-frame anamorphic optics that boast the unique ability to accommodate both horizontal and vertical anamorphic shooting via ...

The challenge with anamorphic lenses is that the pictures and footage need further processing, called desqueezing, before they're usable. After all, the lens is cramming 33 percent more onto the ...

Smartphones are able to shoot astonishingly high quality video these days, but ultimately, the lenses and sensors built into your phone are too small to get a decent shallow depth of field effect.

Filmmakers photographers and those of you passionate about cinematography may be interested in a new anamorphic lens currently available via Kickstarter. The FF 60mm T2.9 1.33X anamorphic lens with ...

Photographers and cinematographers may be interested in the launch of SIRUI’s 50mm and 75mm full-frame anamorphic lenses on Indiegogo this month. Offering lenses have been designed to complement the ...

Smartphone cameras have gotten quite good, but it’s getting harder and harder to improve them because we’ve pretty much reached the limit of what’s possible in the space of a cubic centimeter. Glass ...

Is it worth buying a full-size camera these days? The reasons to do so grow smaller and smaller as smartphone cameras get better and better. It’s getting to the point where you have to spend a ...

We recently reported that Doctor Who has switched to Cooke Anamorphic/i glass for its latest season. The long-running series is just one of many that is turning to anamorphic lenses to up its visual ...