[MacDV] 16:9 vs 4:3

Brett Conlon brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au
Wed Feb 9 17:30:59 PST 2005


No it's not HDV, unfortunately. Personally I don't use iMovie. I use Final 
Cut Express v1 (sometimes have access to FCPro).

Coj



Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>

Is it HDV? Apple is now HDV ready with iMovie HD and the upcoming Final 
Cut Express HD. their codec is only for the new consumer HDV format.

k

On Feb 9, 2005, at 5:11 PM, Brett Conlon wrote:

>
> I WISH!!!!  Though it's a little bulky to take on family trips.... 
>  ;-)  Apparently Sony are going to work on that and make it a smaller 
> camera in the future... possibly to capture more of the richer side of 
> the consumer market.
>
> No I have the Panasonic GS400 which purports to capture in true 16:9 
> cinema mode (apparently there are more pixels on the CCD to capture in 
> 16:9). Though I do remember reading somewhere that true 16:9 is a 
> larger pixel count than the Panasonic captures in. Either way I'm 
> still happy with what I've seen from the GS400 so far. The only down 
> side on this camera is that the image in the LCD is squeezed narrow 
> (doesn't appear as letterbox) but it's not too bad when you get used 
> to it.
>
> Coj

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