Response to 16:9 moviemaking on XL1

Stay away from it! All the under $5,000. cameras eletronically enchace the image to achieve 16:9. You get lower resolution. I have heard of a true optical attachment for lenses made by Optex(?) that give you the 16:9. If you don't go that route and you stay in regular 4:3 for the resolution then you have to pay attention to your framing. You will loose a certain amount of your image when going from 4:3 to 16:9 in transfer. Also, keep in mind on the XL-1, you loose approx. 8% of the final image in the viewfinder. Have I confused you enough!

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