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16:9 question
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:29 pm
by Loomis
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...
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 10:48 pm
by Yuki
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!
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:50 pm
by karlsen
I dont have any clues myself, but they should know about this in the store, or maybee on the website for the camera manufactur.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:03 am
by Loomis
Thanks guys, we seem to have worked it out, but it is a crazy baffling world, I have to say.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:05 am
by Yuki
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!
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:39 am
by MickeyMouseboy
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