recording 16:9 and 4:3 on same field tape

[Noah Kadner]

Yes no problem at all. It will present something of a headache in post though- you’ll need to be careful in capturing one mode or the other with the proper capture settings. Mixing them in the same sequence will also be problematic unless you’re going for a certain artistic effect.

Noah

[Frank Cervarich]

Noah –

I am planning on using them in the same timeline. What sort of problems are you referring to? I’m all ears.

Frank

[Noah Kadner]

one will have to be rendered to match the sequence. Either the 16:9 to match a 4:3 sequence or vice versa. That would require a lot of extra render time or you could simply render entire tapes at once overnight I suppose. Personally I would never want to mix these formats. If I wanted an aesthetic effect, I’d shoot all 16:9 and then window box shots I wanted to look 4:3.

Noah