I have searched various groups and not really found an answer on
whether to shoot and edit in 16:9 or not. I have a DV camcorder that
has the ability to record in 16:9, 'Cinema' and 4:3 aspect ratios.
(Panasonic NVGS150), ignoring whether this is the best camcorder or
not, which is the best mode to shoot and edit in. I can handle
wide-screen in edit (FCP4.5HD) and DVD Production (DVD Studio Pro3), so
that is no bother.

Should I shoot and edit in 16:9 then use DVDSP3 to create DVDs which
the players can play on 16:9 or 4:3 TVs ( any hints on how are welcome)


OR

Should I shoot and edit in 4:3 and use DVD SP3 create multiformat
discs.

My test project is a family wedding this summer, and I really want to
get the capture right.

Thanks

Lloyd

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:22:18 GMT, allegedly
wrote:

Should I shoot and edit in 16:9 then use DVDSP3 to create DVDs which
the players can play on 16:9 or 4:3 TVs ( any hints on how are welcome)
OR
Should I shoot and edit in 4:3 and use DVD SP3 create multiformat
discs.

If your camera has a true 16:9 CCD then by all means shoot in that mode.
If it simply has a 4:3 CCD and is masking the top and bottom to get 16:9,
then you're throwing away pixels and should stick to 4:3 - then if you
really must you can mask to 16:9 in post production.

"Dave R" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:22:18 GMT,
allegedly
wrote:

Should I shoot and edit in 16:9 then use DVDSP3 to create DVDs
which
the players can play on 16:9 or 4:3 TVs ( any hints on how are
welcome)
OR
Should I shoot and edit in 4:3 and use DVD SP3 create multiformat
discs.

If your camera has a true 16:9 CCD then by all means shoot in that
mode.
If it simply has a 4:3 CCD and is masking the top and bottom to get
16:9,
then you're throwing away pixels and should stick to 4:3 - then if
you
really must you can mask to 16:9 in post production.

Can't add anything other than I totally agree with the above, only
ever shoot true 16:9. Also never use in-camera effects, always produce
special effects in post production, that way you can always go
back....

Further to the other answers already received, if your camera _does_ mask
part of the CCD in order to give a pseudo-widescreen ratio, you may be
better buying an anamorphic lens, which will put a 16:9 image onto the whole
of a 4:3 CCD. You have to live with filming a "squashed" image in the
viewfinder, though...

"Dave R" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:22:18 GMT, allegedly
wrote:

Should I shoot and edit in 16:9 then use DVDSP3 to create DVDs which
the players can play on 16:9 or 4:3 TVs ( any hints on how are welcome)
OR
Should I shoot and edit in 4:3 and use DVD SP3 create multiformat
discs.

If your camera has a true 16:9 CCD then by all means shoot in that mode.
If it simply has a 4:3 CCD and is masking the top and bottom to get 16:9,
then you're throwing away pixels and should stick to 4:3 - then if you
really must you can mask to 16:9 in post production.

this is interesting.
I have a Sony DCR-VX21000E and it has an option to change to 16:9. How do I
ascertain whether this is true 16:9 or just a masked 4:3? It says nothing in
the manual about this, in fact the manual doesn't even mention it can do
16:9. I expect I'll be told to ring Sony but I hate doing that unless I
really have to - getting an answer out of those customer service girls is
like pulling teeth.
Thanks for any help.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:58:16 GMT, "tg"
allegedly wrote:

I have a Sony DCR-VX21000E and it has an option to change to 16:9. How
do I ascertain whether this is true 16:9 or just a masked 4:3? It says
nothing in the manual about this, in fact the manual doesn't even
mention it can do 16:9.

If they're not banging on about it doing true 16:9, you can be pretty sure
it doesn't do it, and just crops the 4:3 image. It seems to be a big
marketing point at the moment, and we've not reached the point where all
cameras have a 16:9 chip for it to be the norm.

"tg" schreef in bericht
...

"Dave R" wrote in message
...
.....
I have a Sony DCR-VX21000E and it has an option to change to 16:9. How do
I
ascertain whether this is true 16:9 or just a masked 4:3?
.....
For the sake of the argument let us suppose the camera has a 4:3 chip with
768x576 pixels (PAL). To form a 16:9 widescreen image it first uses 768x432
pixels and thereafter extrapolates the 432 scan lines to fill the available
576. What you would see in the viewfinder is an image that doesn't change
horizontally but shows less vertically. If the camera has a true 16:9 chip
the image doesn't change vertically but takes in more horizontally. That is
how you could spot the difference. Anyway, in both cases you would see an
image in the viewfinder that looks compressed sideways. Some cameras have a
LCD screen that shows the image in the correct 16:9 format.

A camera with a true widescreen chip has a better resolution (in the
emulated 16:9 widescreen version you have only 75% of the image data
available vertically). Of course, in the end everything is stored on tape in
a 720x576 matrix for both 4:3 and 16:9 images (non-square pixels).
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