Spherical cinematographic process?

[Dirty_Ass]

What exactly is a spherical process? I'm guessing it has something to do with the developing and processing. Thanks in advance

 

[bcheong]

It actually has to do with the lenses you use. You can either shoot spherical or anamorphic process.

 

[Barry_Green]

Spherical means traditional lenses (i.e., not squeezing lenses). Anamorphic means optically stretching/squeezing the image (anamorph = greek for "changing shape", essentially). So spherical lenses are "normal" lenses.

 

[j]

That's just an odd way of referring to it.

I think I may use that term to impress clients: "For this film I intend to shoot it with a spherical process..."

 

[Dirty_Ass]

Ahh, but of course. Thank you once again, gentlemen