Dan Martland Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hi guys, Ive gone and done it. Just purchased an old SK2 rig of ebay. Very excited. I remember seeing a post a while back but can no longer find it. Does anyone happen to know how i can view 16:9 images as letterboxed on a 4:3 monitor rather than seeing my image all squished? Is there an add-on to make this possible? Many thanks Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members RobVanGelder Posted April 4, 2008 Premium Members Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 The whole principle behind 16:9 is to squeeze the image horizontally in the camera, like anamorfic images. This means that when you project or playback on a tv-system you need a W I D E R canvas, a wider tube or LCD to get back to normal (un-squeezed) That is a problem, as the monitor has fixed dimensions. your only option to come closer to the 16:9 format is to squeeze also in the vertical direction, making it "letter-boxed" but in fact you press all the scanning lines into a smaller area. (Letter-boxed = using the full height but making black bars on top and bottom.) There is a variable resistor inside the monitor housing that controls the scanning height, this is what you need to adjust, but it will always a rough adjustment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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