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emeritus · 25th Feb 2019, 10:06 pm

Before video became the norm for TV productions, professional 16mm movie cameras were manufactured ( and many existing 4:3 ones modified) to film in wide-screen "super 16" format by enlarging the gate horizontallly so that the non-perforated edge of single perforated film could be used to record the wider picture without the need for an anamorphic lens.

25th Feb 2019, 10:06 pm	#34
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,337	Re: True "Cinemascope" TV. Before video became the norm for TV productions, professional 16mm movie cameras were manufactured ( and many existing 4:3 ones modified) to film in wide-screen "super 16" format by enlarging the gate horizontallly so that the non-perforated edge of single perforated film could be used to record the wider picture without the need for an anamorphic lens.