List of anamorphic format trade names

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 been known by a number of other monikers. In some cases, these names actually 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 standard at that time. Generically speaking, this means a 2× anamorphosis lens with 4-perf negative pulldown for both image origination and projection, and an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 until 1970 (requiring special, narrow "negative assembly" splices) and 2.39:1 after 1970 (using conventional "negative assembly" splices). The change from 2.35:1 to 2.39:1 (sometimes rounded to 2.4:1 or, mathematically incorrectly, to 2.40:1) was mainly intended to facilitate "negative assembly", and also to better hide "negative assembly" splices, which otherwise may appear as a slight "flash" at the upper edge of the frame, during a splice. 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

 * /i Scope (from Cooke Anamorphic/i Lenses) (England)
 * AgaScope (Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Hungary)
 * Alexcope, also known as AlexScope (Argentina)
 * Arriscope (Germany; developed by Arri)
 * ArriVision (Germany; 3-D)
 * Autentiscope (Spain)
 * Camerascope (England)
 * Cathayscope (Hong Kong)
 * Cinepanoramic (France)
 * CinemaScope (USA ["Bausch & Lomb formula" anamorphics, used for the fourth and all subsequent CinemaScope films]/France ["Chrétien formula" anamorphic, used for only the first three CinemaScope films]; pre-releases were 2.66:1, with separate 3-track sound, and 2.55:1, with composite 4-track sound, before standardization on 2.35:1; all general releases were 2.55:1, 1953 and later or 2.35:1, 1958 and later; the camera aperture remained 1.33:1/2.66:1; only the recommended projection aperture changed)
 * Cinescope (Italy)
 * Cineovision (Japan)
 * Clairmont-Scope (USA)
 * Colorscope (Italy; inconsistent usage across different formats, including anamorphic)
 * Daieiscope (Japan)
 * Dyaliscope (France)
 * Elite Scope (Russia)
 * Euroscope (France)
 * Filmascope (Spain)
 * Filmscope (Spain)
 * Franscope (France and Czechoslovakia until 1959)
 * Grandscope (Japan)
 * Hammerscope (England)
 * Hawk Scope (Germany)
 * Hispanoscope a.k.a. Ifiscope (Spain)
 * J-D-C Scope (England; developed by Joe Dunton )
 * Kinoscope (Spain)
 * Kowa Scope (Japan)
 * Lomoscope (Russia)
 * Magnoscope a.k.a. Cinescope (Spain)
 * Master Scope (from Zeiss Master Anamorphic Lenses) (Germany)
 * Megascope (England)
 * Merdekascope (Malaysia)
 * Naturama (USA)
 * Nikkatsu Scope (Japan)
 * Nipponscope (Japan)
 * Optex-Scope (England)
 * Panamorph (US)
 * Panavision (US)
 * Panoramic(a) (Italy)
 * Perfimascope (Malaysia)
 * Regalscope (US; 20th Century Fox's trade name for CinemaScope when used on black and white films)
 * Rapiscope (Indonesia)
 * Ruralscope (Made by Totalvision) (France)
 * Scanoscope (several Hollywood productions in 1950s–60s were shot with this system, as the system was sold, not licensed; camera and optical printer lenses were made)
 * Shawscope (Hong Kong; Shaw Brothers's trade name for CinemaScope)
 * SIRUI Optical GmbH (Germany)
 * Sovscope (USSR)
 * Space-Vision (3-D)
 * Spectrascope
 * SuperCinescope (Italy),
 * Superscope (1954)
 * SuperTotalscope (Italy)
 * Technirama (1956)
 * Techniscope (Italy)
 * Technovision (France)
 * Todd-AO 35 (US)
 * Toeiscope (Japan)
 * TohoScope (Japan)
 * Totalscope (Italy)
 * Totalvision (France, Italy, East Germany)
 * Ultrascope (West Germany)
 * Vídeoscope (Spain)
 * Vistarama
 * WarnerScope (US; developed by Warner Bros.)
 * Warwickscope (England)