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    Legria video recording 4:3 yet output 16:9

    Posted by Pete Sommerville on December 14, 2011 at 5:48 am

    Can someone explain why, when I record video with a Canon Legria HF S21 on the XP+ setting (1440×1080) the output file is in a 16:9 format. Really confused!

    Thanks,
    Pete

    Pete Sommerville replied 14 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Paolo Castellano

    December 20, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Hello Pete,
    1440×1080 is 16:9 (as well all the most common HD formats). If you are thinking that 1920×1080 is 16:9 and 1440×1080 is 4:3, you’re wrong because image aspect ratio is the same due to a different pixel aspect ratio (at 1440×1080 pixels are wider).
    Best Regards,

    Paolo

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  • Pete Sommerville

    December 20, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Hi Paolo,

    Thanks for this – I had a feeling I’d missed something.

    Cheers,
    Pete

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