Posted by Harry Kiri on 12/27/86 11:33

"Martin Heffels" <sheilly.li@163.com> wrote in message
news:n9iuo1dleovngk7kse22lli6i247omc5ja@4ax.com...

> No, the size of the sensor is true 16:9 (that would be 1024x576
pixels for
> PAL SD). It is easy to crop a 4:3 picture out of it (720x576, cut
off 152
> pixels horizontal each side), and then you haven't lost any vertical
or
> horizontal resolution, you only aren't using part of that resolution
which
> the camera offers. So you still keep the full amount of pixels.
> With an anamorphic image, created out of a 4:3 sensor, you are right
of
> course. Because here you lower your vertical resolution to 70% of
the
> original to get the 16:9 picture in the first place.

Yes, you're right.

I'm still wondering if only the PAL version will output a 4:3 image,
it would explain why more than 1 poster has reported that the FX1
won't do this.

Anyway, rethinking the matter, I don't think I'll gain much, if
anything, shooting the job in HDV. I'm not likely to be asked to
provide client with an HDV cut in the future either.

I'll save a hell of a lot of time by shooting in DV (and the
viewfinder guide for the 4:3 image will display, so tighter framing),
so will now shoot HDV. Job is tomorrow a.m. Still getting familiar
with the camera (it's certainly a huge improvement in features over
the VX). I wondered why Sony make only a 0.8x wide converter for the
FX1 (VX2K had a 0.7x). Suddenly hit me that this camera is *already*
wide. Doh ....!

Thanks for your input Martin and Mark.

Regards,

Hughy

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