"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message

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> "Leo Reyes" wrote ...

> > Please explain "Fake Bands"

> > Do you do this on the lens hood or in editing?

> Put a black band along the top and bottom of the frame in

> editing. Some cameras have a mode to do this internally

> during shooting.

And I think, like the VX2000, you can (if you must...;-)

select 16:9 mode (anamorphic, as I recall - but I prefer

4:3) with the PD150...

> Of course, you must frame your shots during shooting to keep

> the action within your fake 16:9 window. You could put tape

> over the viewfinder screen, etc.

>

> Doing it with a lens hood will look out of focus. And if it

> moves around during shooting it will look silly.

>

> Still amazes me that we throw away the information above

> and below the 16:9 area and lose resolution, or else use

> expensive scope lenses which effectively reduce horizontal

> resolution, all in the name of "widescreen".

>

> Then we pay a premium to go and see Imax films that are

> back at even narrower than our standard 4:3!

Yes. Unless the display is VERY LARGE relative to

the viewing distance (and even then, as you point out

with the Imax example, it is not a very strong exception),

the "band-aid", or "slot", view seems silly to me (though

it can make shooting tall thin buildings (and single people)

interesting (though turning the 16:9 camera 90 degrees

solves these problems...;-). I have not yet figured out the

common appeal of this awkward image proportion...

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David Ruether

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http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com