I've had my VX-2000 a couple of years now, but I never actually tried the 16:9 mode until a few days ago. I didn't realize it stretched the video before recording it, and that leads me to the following question.
I know that resolution theory wise, it makes just as much sense to shoot at 4:3 and letterbox, but aren't there also interlace issues that might make the camera stretch better looking.
How do the Sony cameras deal with interlacing the stretched pixels. Are pixels on adjacent lines just doubled every third line or so, or on the redundant lines are they recaptured 1/60th of a second later from the same CCD pixel. It seems to me that depending on the algorythm Sony chose for their 16:9 video capture, there might be some advantage to using this mode instead of letterboxing, especially on motion shots. Is this a real consideration or am I just thinking too much?
Also, I worked recently as an audio guy on a low budget independant film shoot. We were shooting with a Panasonic DVX100 in widescreen mode and I'm pretty sure he was just using the stretch mode and not the anamorphic adapter. Is stretch mode widescreen more acceptable when you are shooting 24P.
I know that resolution theory wise, it makes just as much sense to shoot at 4:3 and letterbox, but aren't there also interlace issues that might make the camera stretch better looking.
How do the Sony cameras deal with interlacing the stretched pixels. Are pixels on adjacent lines just doubled every third line or so, or on the redundant lines are they recaptured 1/60th of a second later from the same CCD pixel. It seems to me that depending on the algorythm Sony chose for their 16:9 video capture, there might be some advantage to using this mode instead of letterboxing, especially on motion shots. Is this a real consideration or am I just thinking too much?
Also, I worked recently as an audio guy on a low budget independant film shoot. We were shooting with a Panasonic DVX100 in widescreen mode and I'm pretty sure he was just using the stretch mode and not the anamorphic adapter. Is stretch mode widescreen more acceptable when you are shooting 24P.