Best output format for footage shot with adapter?

[anchoryanker]

Hey folks,

I'm working on a project with a fellow film student, and we are using my 100b with an anamorphic adapter. I am trying to figure out the best way to screen it that has the best quality and also has the 16:9 aspect ratio. I tweaked it in vegas and printed it back to tape with a 16:9 aspect ratio but when I looked at it today on our projector it showed it in 4:3.

Do I have to somehow manually select the 16:9 aspect ratio on the projector (just like I had to do on my TV) Or should I just burn a DVD in 16:9? Which would have the better quality when blown up?

Also, we'll have to turn in a copy on both DVD and Mini DV tape, how can I get 16:9 on both?

I'm not even sure if the projector has 16:9, I'll have to check.
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[Noel Evans]

Hi mate.

I would check that projector first off. I was about to answer your post and realised I dont know :S I never actually printed any footage shot with my ana lens back to tape.

I would think however that once footage has been shot with the ana lens placed into a 16:9 timeline on a NLE and then reprinted onto tape as 16:9 it should retain the aspect ratio. Going straight from the original tape will not of course.

If you can do a version on tape for the projector its a much better resolution option than a DVD.

Last part: to get 16:9 on both just output a DVD format and a print to tape straight from your NLE (working from a 16:9 timeline).

[anchoryanker]

Thanks, I tried to ouput the other day from a 16:9 timeline back to tape(from vegas 7.0).

It showed as 16:9 on the camera LCD but the projector still squished it to 4:3.

I also tried it from a burned DVD after buring from a 16:9 time line and the TVs and projector STILL showed a squished, 4:3 image while the LCD showed it in 16:9. I got it to show 16:9 on my TV only because I manually selected 16:9 ration in the tv Menu.

I would prefer to show it from tape to retain the quality,

I could try it from the FCP 4.5 HD on our schools computer's, Might that be easier?

Basically I guess I'm trying to turn 16:9 into 4:3 letterbox.