I'm curious about which screen size folks shoot their video in. My camera is set to 16:9 right now. Good or bad?
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"Some cameras just stretch the video resulting in poor quality"
I would say that unless your camera is pretty new or pro-sumer type grade, then most likely its not shooting in true 16:9.
If your camera can shoot TRUE 16:9, then by all means do it. If it doesnt, you are better off shooting standard 4:3 and then cropping the picture to 16:9 in post processing. Most cameras that say they do 16:9 actually just add black bars to the top and bottom of the screen, and you essentially lose that resolution.
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One of the reasons I purchased the Sony PDX10 was because it was one of the first prosumer cameras to shoot "true" 16:9 aspect. I really prefer the look of widescreen over 4:3, especially on the web. Most of the DVD footage was shot in 16:9, and the little 4:3 that was used was letterboxed in post.
Michael
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