[chrisgeary]

Hi,

When I first bought my HF100, when selecting anything other than the top bitrate setting, the aspect would change to be slightly narrower. Today, despite resetting the settings to default, it will record in 16:9 for all bitrate settings. This is contrary to my first experience and the manual. Anyone run across this before?

thx

Chris

[dave_bass5]

Originally Posted by chrisgeary

Hi,

When I first bought my HF100, when selecting anything other than the top bitrate setting, the aspect would change to be slightly narrower. Today, despite resetting the settings to default, it will record in 16:9 for all bitrate settings. This is contrary to my first experience and the manual. Anyone run across this before?

thx

Chris

Ive never used anything other than FXP but i agree, it should be going to HDV at the other sizes.
Are you viewing these back on camera or via a TV/PC?

[chrisgeary]

Just on the camera at the moment. I remember it used to produce black bars on either side on the camera lcd screen.

[dave_bass5]

Originally Posted by chrisgeary

Just on the camera at the moment. I remember it used to produce black bars on either side on the camera lcd screen.

Well as i said ive never tried the other modes before but i have just tried mine and the picture doenst change on the LCD either.
Your not thinking of the stills mode are you?

[chrisgeary]

maybe... i'm not sure but if it works the same way for you, then i guess its not broken, thats all i wanted to check. thanks

Chris

[dave_bass5]

Well im no expert but acording to the manual the aspect ratio drops ot 1440x1080 so its only the width that gets changed. Maybe the camera changes the LCD pixel ratio to 1.3 to expand the image to fit the screen automatically.

Just checked mine again and its still the same.