Re: [Avid-L2] Re: AMA Canon 5D Footage Fps and raster size?

Yes - John's right there. Remember 525i? There are 525 lines of resolution,
but the active picture raster only occupies 486 of those lines.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:38 AM, johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

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>
>
> Not true. The 720x486 is the active picture area and does not include
> vertical and horizontal blanking.
>
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tom McDonnell" <ltr54@...> wrote:
> >
> > >But possibly the fear of down conversion softness is
> > why they shot SD for an SD spot.
> >
> > So shoot 16x9 to future proof, protect for 4x3 and extract a 4x3
> center-cut.
> > Still better looking than shooting 640x480. After shooting so much HD,
> > framing 4x3 feels so claustrophobic. Now shooting 6x6 with a Hasselblad
> is a
> > totally different matter...
> >
> > The reason NTSC on a computer is 640x480 is because computers use square
> > pixels. The smaller raster is really the true imaging area for NTSC once
> you
> > take away the electronic blanking and sync pulses that use up part of the
> > 720x486 raster.
> >
> > Tom McDonnell
> > Cinematographer/Editor
> > Weisscam Hi-Speed Tech
> > Los Angeles, CA
> > New Orleans, LA
> > 818-675-1501
> >
>
>
>

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