Widescreen on Mini DV

[James Burns]

Is there a way to shoot widescreen on a Mini DV camcorder? I think it might look more proffesianal but what do i know. :rolleyes:

[Chris Durham]

By widescreen I'll assume you mean cinemascope because you can get 16:9 on a lot of cameras now.

 

Depending on the camera you can get an anamorphic adapter which will give you just about a scope ratio if you shoot 16:9. That's the expensive option. (btw if by widescreen you mean getting 16:9 out of a 4:3 camera this would do it as well)

 

The cheap option is to crop, but just remember that you lose resolution when you do this, so I would steer clear unless I was shooting HD.