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Response to 16:9 moviemaking on XL1

from (wulf@mac.com)
No, it doesn't. Switch from 4:3 to 16:9 and back again. Is there extra information at the edges of the frame? No. So the XL-1 loses the extra info from the 4:3 frame.

What it does do is compress the image AFTER dropping the extra info. This is squished into the full 4:3 giving you an anamorphic 16:9 image. Since the camera is compressing less original information, the final quality of the 16:9 image will be better than shooting 4:3 and letterboxing in post. But not much.

(posted 8436 days ago)

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