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GS300 16:9 wider than 4:3, how?
Just received my GS300 today and I'm amazed at how small this 3CCD camera is (I also own a Canon XL2 for business, the GS300 is for family vids). Anyhow, doing some tests as to whether to use 4:3 or 16:9 mode. How can the 16:9 mode have a wider field of view than 4:3? Isn't it just the 4:3 image cropped and zoomed to produce 16:9? Where is the extra image on the edges coming from? I'm getting much more image from the left side of the frame than the right (viewed on PC, so it's not overscan).
I anticipated the possiblity of just using 4:3 to keep the resolution and crop it later in post if I wanted widescreen, but since I'm getting more image on the edges (making up for the loss in vertical resolution) I may just go 16:9 and save myself the hassle.
Thanks.
Kevin
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