On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:54:18 +0100, "Robin Davies-Rollinson" <robin@ffilmiau-fflur.co.uk> wrote:

"Neuman - Ruether" <d_ruether@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:28:17 +1000, "Native_MetaL"

> <NativeMetaL@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>Hello im trying to find out if this camera have a true widescreen 16:9 ratio

>or weather its like the canon xm2 and just crops the image

>> It depends on what you mean... As I recall, it

>> does not crop, but "squishes" the image, using

>> all the available pixels for image-making

>> (anamorphic effect) - but it does not have a

>> 16:9 pixel-array CCD (the Sony DVCam version

>> of the TRV950 comes closer to providing this,

>> though...).

>> David Ruether

>Which is exactly what the XM-2 / GL2 does I think.

>Robin.

If so, then it also does not crop the image, unlike

what the original poster said... I don't know, since

16:9 is unimportant to me when using a 4:3-proportioned

sensor and display...