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Col. Kurtz
August 1, 2007 at 5:05 pm in reply to: Squeeze for Broadcast

It’s kind of a PBS kind of thing (again, if I am lucky!) and they broadcast widescreen I think – or at least most of the docs I’ve seen there lately are WS.

Thanks. By the way, love the DVD.
Col. Kurtz
July 17, 2007 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Mixing Canon & DVX100b footage

Don’t mind if it’s totally different – I’m also mixing Super 8 in too.
Col. Kurtz
July 17, 2007 at 2:05 pm in reply to: Letterbox or Squeeze for Documentary?

Thanks – that’s awesome & I just ordered it. This way I can play with shooting 4:3 & frame for letterbox – a dream come true.

Ye, the horror and “if” is the middle word in “life” – I watch that way too much…
Col. Kurtz
July 16, 2007 at 11:35 pm in reply to: Letterbox or Squeeze for Documentary?

I was also mucking about with uprezzing 4:3 Letterbox footage w/PhotozZoom. I think it works all right. I had some trouble but that was my fault – I chose some wrong settings in FCP. I think the loss by uprezzing is the same as the loss in Squeeze. I’m leaning towards 4:3 Letterbox and if I need to deliver WS, I’ll uprez. I am also thinking that shooting 4:3 and masking the viewfinder to frame letterbox may be complicated on a 2 person crew. And time is short & I am not sure I want to worry about the future of the electronics industry more than planning my interviews in this way…No easy answers I think.
Col. Kurtz
July 16, 2007 at 12:00 pm in reply to: Letterbox or Squeeze for Documentary?

Thanks all,

It is really confusing as I was running tests and I really did notice the loss of resolution in squeeze (I had a tap out to a monitor). I’m going to keep testing and check it out on a friend’s widescreen.