letterbox vs Squeeze mode....final word

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flean

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I read a lot of threads about whether to shoot Normal, Squeeze, or letterbox 16:9 mode with DVX100B but I am still confused.

Can anyone out there who had experienced with all these modes tell me what would be the best one if I was planning to make the footage onto film or wanted to upgrade to HDCAM?

quality wise , what the real differences between all of these settings.

Thanx
 
Yo Willy, chill out. Everyone was asking this at one time, possibly even you asked at one time. I know I did. Normal is full screen, squeeze is anamorphic 16:9(widescreen, but it takes off the top and the bottom of the ccds and takes 75% of the chips, making it lower quality than normal or letterbox), letterbox is just black bars placed on the top and the bottom of a full screen ccd. So normal and letterbox are slightly higher quality than squeez. and squeeze looks like a cell phone when shot in 60i. So if you use squeeze, set it for thin and also 30 or 24p.
 
flean said:
I read a lot of threads about whether to shoot Normal, Squeeze, or letterbox 16:9 mode with DVX100B but I am still confused.

Can anyone out there who had experienced with all these modes tell me what would be the best one if I was planning to make the footage onto film or wanted to upgrade to HDCAM?

quality wise , what the real differences between all of these settings.

Thanx
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Check with the film out service you wish to use to see what they recommend. Or, test. There is a great differing of opinion on this topic. You have the camera, do some tests in both modes, shoot some footy, edit a little clip, render out to DVD, and watch it back.
 
I have used 4.3 and cropped and to tell you the truth I can't really tell the quality difference between 4.3 and squeeze on a HD T.V .
Maybe some guys here can But not my eyes .

Like it was mentioned try both and just stick with the one you like .
Ian
 
search and read. try both. i did all that and like squeeze better. when CCing the black bars are affected in letterbox and working 16:9 the whole time is nice. i suggest squeeze
 
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