quick question about lens adaptors

[DBoz699]

for the DVX100....they have the widelens .7 or .8 widelens...then theres the anamorphic adaptor...whats the difference between the widelens and the anamorphic adapter? i thougth they do the same thing...make everything more spread out...someone clarify this for me cuz im not very technical with this kind of stuff.

 

[Riko]

At the same distance away from what you are filming, wide angle lens will increase the area/persective that will be seen, because of the curvature of the lens.

An anamorphic adapter is designed to get the highest quality 16:9 display by optically squishing what you see onto a full frame. (Initially, the the frame will look like it has been squeezed vertically, but the image is suppose to stretch itself out when displayed on a wide-screen tv.

 

[Riko]

Anamorphic (description)

Wide angle (description)

Good article about Anamorphic lenses

Here is an exaggerated comparison of the effects of what a wider angle lens will do, when a picture is taken at the same distance.
(These are not my own pictures)

(This one has a much wider angle lens than the one above, ... almost fisheye-ish)


[anyone correct me if I'm wrong]