Hypergonar lens

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The Hypergonar lens is an early anamorphic lens system invented by French astronomer and engineer Henri Chrétien that enabled widescreen cinema formats by optically compressing the image horizontally during filming.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hypergonar anamorphic lens	1
Hypergonar anamorphic system	1

Referenced by (3)

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Henri Chrétien → developed → Hypergonar lens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hypergonar anamorphic lens

Henri Chrétien → knownFor → Hypergonar lens ⓘ

Henri Chrétien → notableWork → Hypergonar lens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hypergonar anamorphic system