With the “digital revolution” for cameras, the new video recording aspect ratio of 16:9 came along which represented a more natural field of view that comes closer to human vision compared to the former 4:3. This article will show you how to work with anamorphic 16:9 material from start to finish. When you attach a 2x anamorphic lens to a camera that records a 16:9 video you still record the full 16:9 sensor resolution but the image is squeezed from the anamorphic elements in the lens. After the necessary de-squeeze, you receive an image with a much wider aspect ratio than if you would have recorded an anamorphic image from a 4:3 sensor (which 2x anamorphic lenses were designed for). Want to learn more about the History of Aspect Ratio? MZed offers a great course on The Art of Visual Storytelling, which also touches on anamorphic capture. So let’s see what the recorded image looks like and how we can work with it in order to get good-looking results. For this case study, I used a Kowa 50mm 2x anamorphic lens on a Canon C300 Mark II and recorded in 4K UHD 3840 x 2160. Squeezed image straight out of the camera. Image credit: Florian Milz / CineD Anamorphic on 16:9 sensor: the correct project settings When you bring the recorded 3840 x 2160 16:9 footage into post-production you will first have to de-squeeze the footage in order for it to look correct. To do this you have to create...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 6 April, 2022