Widescreen on DVX100/DVX100B

[ctb1010]

Hello,

I am shooting a wedding tomorrow that has to be shot in Widescreen. I will be shooting the ceremony with two cameras, a stationary DVX100 for a wide shot of everything and I'll be operating a DVX100B for close ups. I know the 100B has the squeeze mode, but the 100 does not. I was reading in Barry's book that in post I can crop the DVX100's footage to 720X372 and then stretch the image to fill the screen.

My question is, is there any benefit in shooting in squeeze mode on the 100B, or shoot I shoot normally with both cameras and then resize both in post?

Thanks!

 

[taylorsand]

I shoot regular 4:3 and then stretch it in sony vegas. I hear that if you shoot the widescreen on the camera, that if you want to color correct that the black horizontal bars will also change colors. Theres a recent post in the dvx100 area that talks about it. Hope that helped some

 

[kplo]

It might be best to shoot full frame in both cameras, mask the LCD screen with rubber bands or a Screen Skins framing aid (disclaimer: I manufactured them) to help you compose the picture for 16x9, then do your wide screen cropping and rendering in post.
Hope this helps.
Ken