True Wide-Screen with Digital Video?

skyman8081 asks: "Have anyone had any luck getting DV footage to use a 2.35:1 Cinemascope aspect ratio? The wide-screen functions built into most video cameras are all 1.77:1, which is not what I am looking for. And the only anamorphic lenses for DV cameras are 1.85:1. Matting it out to make it fit 2.35:1 would not be an option as that would cause detail to be lost in the total image in the process, which would be very noticeable when you are working with Standard Definition of 720/480 and not the High Definition resolution of 1920/1080. So, how does one get the wider Cinemascope aspect ratio on a DV camera without sacrificing detail?"

Comments

Partial solution:

[escher]

The only thing I can think of is to use both an anamorphic 16:9 lens and the fake 16:9 camera mode.

Look harder for a lens

[GoRK]

Uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............ The only way you are going to get it is without sacrificing native resolution is to use an anamorphic lens as you stated. Therefore you're going to have to look harder for a 2.35:1 anamorphic lens.

Canon has a 2.35:1 lens in its HD-EC line, but it's made to work on a native 16:9 camera, as are most 2.35:1 lenses. Therefore, as another poster said, you're going to have to find a native 16:9 DV camera, or you're going to have to stack a 2.35:1 -> 16:9 converter onto a 16:9 -> 4:3 converter.

Lack of resolution

[rueger]

We're also working on project that would involve Large Format(LF) digital projection.

From what I understand the resolution just isn't there yet in the digital realm. It is though close, and I'd wager that in a year or so you'll see projection systems, if not cameras, that can handle widescreen or Imax formats in a reasonable fashion.

For instance, we're looking at LF presentation in a gallery setting for 10-20 people at a time. Can't do it right now, but by the time we're ready to launch we should have the technology in hand.

Re:720p not high def???

[Anonymous Coward]

DV = 720*480*30i

720p = 1280*720*30p

1080i = 1920*1080*30i

I hope this clears things up.

Re:Wide-screen or short-screen?

[iainl]

" Why do people call short-screen formats wide-screen?"

Because cinema screens are (or at least used to be, before cheap-ass multiplexes ruined everything) fixed height, not fixed width. Therefore Widescreen is wider than Academy. The shape of your television is irrelevant.