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Old 06-07-2025, 09:43 AM  
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Originally Posted by celandina View Post
We have ALL our content on our site going all the way to 2003 when we started. We started HD in about 2007, yet we shot then our "old" ( pre 2007) SD content in 4:3 ( as most did) BUT framing in 16:9 safe. Once HD become a norm we just took the 4:3 reframed to 16:9, and because we had a good quality lighting, our SD content is still selling and never had any complaints.Most viewers do not notice the difference.
I was shooting native 16:9 in about 2003. It created a boisterous discussion about looking too "professional". I understand shooting safe for 16:9, but that is exactly the argument for shooting as high rez as possible, because you are zooming to fill the frame. I preferred shooting native 16:9 and it still has legs and now there are all kinds of ways to upgrade the definition, but 4:3 just dates your product.
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