Product Info
Uses an anamorphic element to squeeze a 16:9 image onto your camera's 4:3 chip, using every pixel. Viewed on a 16:9 monitor, the image spreads out filling the frame with minimal distortion.
The promise of widescreen video is here, but that's a problem for DV shooters using their in-camera DV Widescreen switching.
Now you can capture 16:9 images without sacrificing resolution or angle of view. Some switchable camcorders work by effectively masking the top and bottom of the chip, utilizing only 75% of the original scan lines, resulting in lost resolution and lost angle of view! The Century Precision 16:9 is a true anamorphic adapter that captures the full 16:9 image onto the 4:3 chip, utilizing every pixel for a full resolution image.
In-camera switching from 4:3 to 16:9 works by cropping into the existing frame (top & bottom), so the resulting widescreen view is only as wide as the 4:3 image. Century's adapter can reach to a full 33% wider angle of view, delivering true widescreen.
The attachment is used with the camera in 4:3 mode, and the resulting image appears stretched vertically when viewed in the finder or on a 4:3 monitor. Yet when displayed on a 16:9 monitor, the image automatically spreads out to fill the frame.
Available in popular bayonet and 58mm screw mount, the Century 16:9 Widescreen Adapter allows for partial zooming one-half to two-thirds of the range (from wide toward telephoto) depending on available light.
The Widescreen Adapter is ideal for companies as they move into the 16:9 format. The BBC has incorporated the Century 16:9 Adapter into general production. Andy Benjamin of the BBC reports that "with the Adapter, we're able to do low-cost shooting for our new digital widescreen channels." The Widescreen Adapter allows the network to use their VX2000s to shoot widescreen in situations that require smaller, handheld cameras such as producer-shot interviews or underwater shooting.
52-58mm Ring Adapter Required
