On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:00:30 +0200, "Dennis Pape Nielsen" <pape@tdcadsl.dk> wrote:

>Is there a good reason for using the widescreen/cinemascope format?

>Its obvious that you can film wide sceneries, but besides that :-)

>

>Any links to articles would be nice

Ah, the "Bandaid" or "slot" view...! ;-)

Unless the screen is viewed VERY large, it

still makes no sense to me - an' it sure

makes shooting a tall, thin building

kinda hard...;-) Reasons against: most

TVs are still 4:3; using 16:9 with

most cameras reduces resolution and

complicates editing. At some point, I

guess, we will all switch over, but for

me, that will only be with my first

16:9-native video camera, which will

probably be HDTV...