I'm looking for a inexpensive compact digital that takes timelapse in 16:9 to match my HDV. The built-in stills to my HDV cam is only 3.0MP widescreen and seems way too low in quality.
What's the lowest 16:9 MP that will match my HDV?
Thx
HDV image is only 2 megapixels, so basically any still camera that takes 3 MP shots or better is good enough for HDV timelapse. I have used DSLRs and resized the shots to 2000 pix wide using midquality JPG compression (which is still much better than native HDV).
Timelapse shots need not be 16:9, just resize the sequence so that the longer edge is 2000 pixels wide and the editor will center the shots cropping an equal amount form both top and bottom. If you want to you can mask the camera screen to show 16:9 frame.
If you want to make pans, tilts and zooms inside your timelapse, the frames need to be bigger, of course.
