16:9 question

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:29 pm

A friend and I are looking to buy or rent a digital video camera.

Could someone please explain to me the difference between 16:9 progressive scan and 16:9 anamorphic?

Thanks in advance...

Yuki · Post by **Yuki** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:48 pm

An anamophic lens will squeeze a horizontal picture to fit a regular 1.37:1 frame. DVD's sometimes use 16:9 anamophic lens, read the back of a DVD and it may say: 16x9 anamorphic

Sorry, I don't know what a progressive scan does

, but I hope that I helped you out on anamophic lenses!

karlsen · Post by **karlsen** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:50 pm

I dont have any clues myself, but they should know about this in the store, or maybee on the website for the camera manufactur.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:03 am

Thanks guys, we seem to have worked it out, but it is a crazy baffling world, I have to say.

Yuki · Post by **Yuki** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:05 am

Glad to be of service...however...I don't really know why I know that useless information...just one of the many useless items floating about my mind I guess!

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:39 am

Progressive Scan it suppose to give you high definition when hooked up to a HDTV via a S-Video cable. DVDs don't use a anamorphic lens but are encoded to be anamorphic. Theater cams use anamorphic lenses to fill their screens thus make the movie anamorphic.

so both cams are anamorphic 16:9 one is just normal WS cam the other cam give you the choice to plug your cam to a HDTV or make a HD transfer. like people said you need to read the manual to see which feature is offered

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