16:9 ratio

[Bret Williams]

If a camera records letterbox, and doesn’t call it 16:9 or anamorphic, then it’s just that. It records it letterboxed believe it or not. It’s the most moronic thing I’ve ever seen. When you’re talking cameras, letterbox is not the same as anamorphic. When you’re talking playback, letterbox can mean two things – the tape was actually recorded with black bars, or it can describe the way 16:9/anamorphic is being displayed on a tv. He was asking about shooting was my understanding.

[Andrew Kimery]

[Steve Eisen] “Not true. It’s all based on the camera sensor. The P2 camera I have, HPX-500 has a native sensor of 960×720. When dropped into FCP, it detects the footage and stretches it to 1280×720.”
Slight correction, it’s based on the codec on not the sensor.

-Andrew

2.9 GHz 8-core (4,1), FCP 7.0.3, 10.6.6
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (7.9.5)

[Russ Carlin]

Yea that’s it, the actual shooting part. My footage is 16:9 but i was just wondering what the anamorphic was all about really!

No need to use it if my footage is 16:9 anyway then?

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