How do I film in a different aspect ratio on my Camcorder?

Michael T: How do I film in a different aspect ratio on my Camcorder?
I have a Canon HG21 which shoots HD in regular 16×9, but i really want to film in 2:35:1 to make it look like a real film, how can I?

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Answer by lare
you can letterbox the 16:9 video in your computer video editor so it would emulated the letterbox used in a 2.35:1 film transfer. when shooting with the camcorder you need to “protect” the image, remembering that the very top and bottom of the viewfinder image will be lost to cropping.

funny that you want your 16:9 to look like “real film”, because many real film directors protect for 16:9 ratio so that the movie will work on DVD widescreen. DVD sales is where most of the movie release money is made.