It's featured in these forums somewhere. You can utilse the title mix function of the XM2 to do an in-camera crop for letterbox. Saves all that rendering in post and it's instant!

Robin.

. .. oh yeah . .why? What's it for?

http://img45.photobucket.com/albums/v137/robind-r/03032105.jpg



Thats incredible! exactly what I was looking for. Anyone know where to get that bracket? and how its powered.


John

Brackets to GO!
 

John . . Go knock yerself out .. .

In the UK:-

http://www.b-hague.co.uk/Monitors%20&%20Btackets.htm


In the Ole US of A:-

http://www.nebtek.com/product.html

http://www.nebtek.com/SMP.html

. . er . . .not sure what you mean by how is it powered?

Grazie

Graham,
For more info on the Title Mix letterbox function, go to Searech and put in "Title Mix GL2"
I'm surprised you haven't come accross this thread before ;-)

Robin.

...or even "search" !!!

Yes I did!
 

" . . . I'm surprised . . " . . are you? And from me too!?!? . . Robin it is the little grey cells . . bit old and . . er . . wotz the word . ? Forgetting! Forgetful! . . Sorry Robin, is this to give me immeadiate 16:9 ? . . . I think it is a neat "use" of the XM2 . .. maybe I'll relook at this as an option.

Okay, tell me where you've used it to good use and I'll give it a go!

Grazie

Graham,

<<Okay, tell me where you've used it to good use and I'll give it a go!>>


http://robindr.neptune.com?selectedalbum=robindr54027

but it's a big file if you haven't got ADSL :-(

...er .. got ADSL, but it IS taking lodsa time! ! ! ! - Couldn\'t wait . .moved on .. . . sorry .. any other option Robin?

Grazie

Sorry Graham,
Here\'s a couple of frame-grabs:

http://img45.photobucket.com/albums/v137/robind-r/title_mix_crop_2.jpg

http://img45.photobucket.com/albums/v137/robind-r/title_mix_crop_1.jpg

Both shot 4:3 and cropped in camera.

Robin.

Nice! . . So the idea is to film AS if i had a 16:9 lens and setup and go straight to my NLE and edit there .. . What am I missing out on? Quality? . . er . . . Quality . . . ?

Grazie

Graham,

You\'re keeping the 4:3 resolution of the CCDs. It will appear to seem better than the 16:9 full-height anamorphic setting, though that has been discussed to death here and elsewhere...
Aesthetically, I prefer to frame in the wide format.

Robin.

"Aesthetically, I prefer to frame in the wide format" . . and then film in 16:9 too? . .

Oh the done to death thing, yeah . . most of it went waaaaaaayyyy over my head . . BUT, with your gently nudging, I now see what it was all about! . . Ah, so THAT was what it was all about . .!


. . .interesting how I grasp "stuff" when I want to know . otherwise I just . . . switch-off?

Grazie