I was messing around at the weekend with some pro-DV tapes and decided to
convert them to anamorphic format in Premiere 6.5 and do a test - the
results seem to work quite well. I increased the height by 33% (set as 133)
and applied a 10% sharpening filter. The originals were shot on either a
Panasonic EZ1 or a JVC GY-DV500 PAL format 3 chip cameras. The output looked
great on both my monitor and on a domestic widescreen TV.
The results were comparable to using my anamorphic lens with the advantage
of being able to use the full zoom range - you would need to frame your
shooting allowing for the reduction in height in the viewfinder - the
GY-DV500 has a viewfinder indicator to allow you to do this.
Give it a try and let us know your results.


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