Hypergonar
AKA
Anamorphoscope
Era
1929–
Format
analog
Developed by
Henri Chrétien
(Max) Capacity
2.66:1
Size
35mm
Perforations
4
Frame size picture area
1.000x0.750
Fun facts
- The lenses for this process were developed during World War I to provide a wide angle viewer for military tanks
- This was the first anamorphic format, which compressed the fuller, widescreen image onto a frame with a shorter width
- This lens technology influenced many anamorphic formats popular in the 1950s
