- List of anamorphic format trade names
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There have been a great number of anamorphic format trade names, for reasons of prestige, technology, or vanity. The basic 35 mm anamorphic format originally popularized as CinemaScope has by known by a number of other monikers. In some cases, these names actual refer to different lens designs and technologies implemented; however, the great majority are simply re-branded lenses originally known by another name. In recent decades, it has generally been considered a cliché throwback, and thus the generic name of anamorphic format has become predominant. All of the following trade names refer to the modern SMPTE-standard anamorphic 35 mm format or what was regarded as the contemporary standard at that time. Generically speaking, this means a 2x anamorphosis lens with 4-perf negative pulldown for both image origination and projection, and an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 until 1970 and 2.39:1 after 1970. The term anamorphic should not be considered synonymous with Widescreen; VistaVision was non-anamorphic, and at the time of shooting, so was Techniscope.
Trade names
- AgaScope (Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Hungary)
- Alexcope aka AlexScope (Argentina)
- ArriScope (Germany; developed by Arri)
- ArriVision (Germany; 3-D)
- Cinepanoramic (France)
- CinemaScope (USA/France; early titles were 2.66:1 and 2.55:1 before standardization)
- Cinescope (Italy)
- Clairmont-Scope (USA)
- Colorscope (Italy; inconsistent usage across different formats, including anamorphic)
- Daieiscope (Japan)
- Dyaliscope (France)
- Euroscope
- Franscope (France and Czechoslovakia until 1959)
- Grandscope (Japan)
- Hammerscope (England)
- J-D-C Scope (England; developed by Joe Dunton)
- Megascope (England)
- Naturama
- Nikkatsu Scope (Japan)
- Panavision (US)
- Panoramic(a) (Italy)
- Regalscope (US; 20th Century Fox's tradename for CinemaScope when used on black and white films)
- Scanoscope
- Shawscope (Hong Kong; Shaw Brothers's tradename for CinemaScope)
- Sovscope (USSR)
- Space-Vision (3-D)
- Spectrascope
- SuperCinescope (Italy)
- SuperTotalscope (Italy)
- Technovision (France)
- Todd-AO 35 (US)
- Toeiscope (Japan)
- TohoScope (Japan)
- Totalscope (Italy)
- Totalvision (Italy)
- Ultrascope (Germany)
- Vistarama
- WarnerScope (US; developed by Warner Bros.)
- Warwickscope (England)
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