How to shoot 2.35:1 with the Sony EX1

[sephirothguitar]

Hello all, I would like to shoot 2.35:1 with my EX1 but I have a few questions. I know That I will have to use a mask in post, but how do i get the guidelines in diopter and on the monitor? Anyone ever done this?

[leteeci]

People usually just dutch-tape the LCD or you can print guidelines on foil..

The another way is to use anamorphic lens and de-squeez in the post..

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

If it matters, it's 2.40 (2.39 exactly).

2.35 has been dead since the 70's. Dvd's are wrong. Most films advertised by dvd's to be the original aspect ratio of 2.35 were actually shot 2.40.

Not a big deal, just fyi.

[David Jimerson]

But they may be on DVD as 2.35:1.

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

But they may be on DVD as 2.35:1.

But are they? I don't know if they just clinging to old lingo, or if they actually scan 2.40 films (2.39) as 2.35....


I would assume the lingo is wrong. I really would hate to think they would go out of their way to chop off a slight amount of the picture to conform to a ratio used... 23 years before DVD's were even invented. :)

[Amr Rahmy]

scope was originally 2.35 , and then they started to use the whole film so it got changed to 2.39 and ext audio.