DVX100A 16:9 Adapter

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lukehumphrey

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If I buy this http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...s&Q=&sku=282865&is=REG&addedTroughType=search I assume I can get a 16:9 output with losing resolution, correct? A few related questions:

1. Can I easily correct this in Avid to show my previews as 16:9? how do i do that?
2. Will the picture looked messed up in my LCD and regular viewfinder? I can't realistically film something with a distored viewfinder, what are my options (aside from upgrading to the next model which looks like it might address this, but I obivously can't spend 4k just for this)?
3. I've seen the adapter advertised as 16:9 and anamorphic, what is the difference between this these 2? In avid there is a group of effects that applies a mask, one of them in 16:9 and the other is anamorphic, the anamorphic looks like it's even wider. I just watched Gandi on my 16x9 tv and it looked even wider, there were still black bars on the top and bottom. Can you demystify these differences for me?

Thanks in advance. This forum is such a great resource.
 
1. Yes. Right-click on the monitors and choose 16:9.

2. Yes. There are "adapters" that you can buy that you attach to the LCD screen to "unsqueeze" the image. If you have a field monitor that has a 16:9 setting, then you can switch that on and be fine.

3. 16:9 mask is just that, 16:9. The Anamorphic mask is actually 2.35:1 aspect ratio which is wider than 16:9. 2.35:1 is used on film, but 16:9 is as well. It's an asthetic choice.

Hope that helps.

Chris
 
Sorry, but I don't have any suggestions on the adapters. I've seen them, but never used them (in truth I shoot all of my stuff 4:3 with the intention of masking in post, that lets me have some room to play with framing a bit in post and frees me of having to work with the restrictions of the anamorphic adapter).

For a field monitor, most of the ones made by brands you'd recognize have a 16:9 option. Just shop around for one that looks good to you. If it says it has 4:3 mode and 16:9 mode, then it will do the job.

Chris
 
century optics makes the widescreen eyepiece adapter which will unsqueeze in your viewfinder.Dont recall the name of the company that makes one for the flipout lcd.
 
Going back to our earlier discussion, so the 2.35:1 and 16:9 aspect ratios are both used on film. When I go see a movie in the theater, there's only one size screen and I've never noticed spaces on the top and bottom of the screen and I must have seen at least movie shot in 2.35:1. How do the theater screens compensate for the different aspect ratios? Do they chop off the sides of a 2.35:1 film?
 
to my knowledge, theatres project the squeezed image recorded on film through an anamorphic lens which unsqueezes the image. usually the curtains will automatically adjust to fit the size. that happens sometime between the trailers and the feature.
 
I see, so a trailer could be in 16x9, and if the feature is in 2.35:1 the curtains would just pull open a bit to allow for the extra horizontal space 2.35:1 takes up?

Curious, does there exist a 2.35:1 adapter for the dvx100a?
 
No, but if you shoot Squeeze mode with an anamorphic adapter then you get 2.35:1. But it's my opinion that it's still easier to shoot 4:3 with the DVX and frame for conversion in post.
 
All of the test footage I've seen tells me that the resolution loss isn't worth the extra hastle. The only time I've visibly noticed a difference is when shooting a chart, and I don't typically do that for dramatic material. :) If I knew I was going to a 35mm or HD blow up, then I might consider the anamorphic adapter, but if I knew I was going to a 35mm or HD blow up I'd just get the HVX. :)
 
krestofre said:
No, but if you shoot Squeeze mode with an anamorphic adapter then you get 2.35:1. But it's my opinion that it's still easier to shoot 4:3 with the DVX and frame for conversion in post.
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Not exactly correct. If you shoot letterbox with the anamorphic adapter you will get something that is really close to 2.35. If you shoot squeeze with the anamorphic adapter you will get something that is basically unusable as it will not conform to any standard PAR for DV.
 
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