Mscope™

True Anamorphic in HD

A new and unique feature of the D-21 is the patented Mscope™ process, which combines for the first time the use of anamorphic lenses with the economy of HD acquisition.

The D-21 is the only digital camera that allows full use of anamorphic lenses through a 4:3 format sensor, which captures the whole image projected by anamorphic lenses. Most other digital cameras with their 16:9 sensors are less than ideal for anamorphic lenses: the Mscope™ frames contain approximately 80% more scanning lines than equivalent 2.40:1 scope images derived from ordinary 16:9 HD.

The anamorphically squeezed image as it appears on the D-21 4:3 sensor (2880x2160)	After post production the image has been downscaled and cropped to cover a 2.40:1 area (1920x800 pixels for HD distribution or 1728x1440 for ARRILASER film recording)

It's easy to monitor an undistorted image of the proper aspect ratio on set.

Since each of the two HD streams contains only half the image lines, the image is automatically stretched and thus an HD image of the correct proportions can be previewed on set.

The quality of this picture is more than adequate for assessing performace, exposure and focus; furthermore, either stream can be used immediately for off-line editing.