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Panasonic HVX200A DVCPRO HD P2 Camera 4:3 16:9 query
I have some footage that was shot in 16:9 standard definition 25 fps progressive on Panasonic HVX200A DVCPRO HD P2 Camera onto a dv tape.
My problem is when i come to capture the footage in Final Cut Pro 6 it doesnt seem to be truly 16:9. It seems to be 4:3 letterboxed to be 16:9.
This means that when i set my sequence/ capture presets to
DV PAL 48khz anamorphic the whole 4:3 image just stretches leaving the letterboxing there.Or if i set my sequence/ capture presets to DV PAL 48khz then the canvas is 4:3 but letterboxed, which also means if i export to quicktime file then it opens as 4:3 letterboxed.
Is this something to do with the actual camera rather than FCP settings? Is the camera not actually recording in 16:9 at all but instead chopping the top and bottom off 4:3? help!
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6 Replies
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It sounds like a Final Cut setting and not your footage…
You need to either set your sequence settings to Anamorphic before you drop your footage into the timeline, or if you open up the clip in your Viewer, and find the Distort column in the Motion tab, you can adjust the aspect ratio to make it 16:9. I can’t remember offhand, but you change the Aspect Ratio to 33, 0, or -33….one of those should do the trick and you’ll know when you got it right.
-David Wulzen
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There are 3 different ways to shoot 16×9 SD on that camera. What you really want is anamorphic.
Are your clips marked as anamprphic in the browser? If so, have you put them in an anamorphic timeline?
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Of course, it is possible that the cameraman chose to force letterbox into the 4×3 frame, isn’t it? Can you do that on an HVX-200?
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Anthony Dalesandro
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Yes. I mentioned there’s 3 different ways to record 16×9 on the HVX200A in SD.
Jeremy
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Thanks for all your feedback, i have now put it on a 16:9 canvas letterboxed and pillarboxed and increase the scale so it fills the screen. Not ideal though.
Jeremy do you know the camera model well to point me to the function settings that change the way 16:9 is filmed. I can see a ‘normal’ and 16:9. normal is 4:3 and 16:9 is the letterboxed.
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Hi May
There are three settings in SD mode as mentioned – Normal(4:3); Letterbox(Letterboxed in 4:3 format) and Stretch. This is the setting for true anamorphic footage that you would then drop into your anamorphic sequence in Final Cut. Stretch doesn’t sound like something you’d find on a professional camcorder and can see that it would be easy to steer clear of.
Hope this helps.
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