Originally posted by: DVD-BOY
So the image is squashed horizontally using a special lense to go from widescreen to regular. When projected it is then unsquashed using another special lense from regular back out to wide. Am I correct in thinking because this is done optically, information is not lost??
So the image is squashed horizontally using a special lense to go from widescreen to regular. When projected it is then unsquashed using another special lense from regular back out to wide. Am I correct in thinking because this is done optically, information is not lost??
I suppose I could put forth a really anal argument that since, in the anamorphic process, a lot more image is being squeezed onto the same number of silver halide crystals than would a 1:33 image, some light information is lost.
But I won't.