Here’s a very cool "TV" interview (EngineeringTV…who knew?).

Dan Drook of Schneider Optics talks to Engineering TV about Schneider’s new Cine-Digitar Anamorphic 1.33x Lens System. The lens + motorized rack adapter enables 16:9 digital projectors to fill the entire height and width of 2.35:1 format screens with cinema-quality images. No more black bars when watching a Cinemascope movie. (Sorry Mr. Runco…this solution costs thousands less than buying it directly from Planar corporation.)

The Schneider Cine-Digitar Anamorphic 1.33x Lens System includes two elegantly simple yet rugged motorized solutions for deploying the lens. The Kino-Torsion and Kino-Linear mechanisms feature adjustments for displacement, pitch, yaw and roll, for easy precision lens alignment. Remote deployment is possible using a 12-volt trigger or contact closure.