What is Native? Anamorphic?

This discussion has come up before. I know this because I looked it up in search of an answer. The answer I was hoping to find proved elusive.

I shoot in HDV. The PAR is 1.333. This is 16:9 anamorphic.

I have been rendering out to .mov files, Quicktime 7, 1920x1080i, PAR 1.0, this is square pixel, NOT anamorphic.

So, do I check the 16:9 native box, or do I check the 16:9 anamorphic box? Are we talking about the clip as it is now, or its "native" format in which it was shot?

Thank you for your undying patience and support!

Gene

here within lies your answer - and I emphasize "lies"... :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_widescreen

Thank you, and yes, it's still confusing as all hell, but wow, look at that:

I just uploaded an .m2t clip and it "auto-sensed" the resolution. Good enough. No issue. You can all relax now. Get back to work!

For what it is worth, Z5u CAN capture aurora displays, but it's too noisy at +6 db, shutter 4. Must get EX1......or hijack Wifey's T2i. Or both.

Gene

What you haven't mentioned was focal length of the lens and f stop. At full wide angle its 1.6 and at half zoom the f stop is 2.2 even at 4 fps. Rasing the gain higher than 3db will cause more noise in the shot. Yes the T2i would have been a better choice. The EX1 would be nice as it has a 1/2 inch sensor.

Check out this low light test on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL2wwHOA6sA also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLFi0d29iWA&NR=1

These low light test were done with a FX1000 but it's the same as your Z5U.

It varied. Full wide at wide open (f1.6) and some mid-zoom to full tele experiments; the lower light transmission was offset by the immediacy of the aurora forms, but in general, the better shots were the wider ones, with more active forms, and something else in the frame, generally trees silhouetted, distant hills, and stars. Gave it perspective. It was very very cool to see, but not an extreme display or anything. If it was brighter I could have dropped the gain down to +3 or maybe 0. Noise totally ruins the shot. Fun experimenting though.

Can't use the T2i because she's using it for stills. I'd rather use the EX for more accurate capture of the movement. A 30 second exposure is just too long!

I don't have $6K. Maybe eventually.

Gene