16:9 and iDVD/iMovie question.

hey all again lol. I dont know why the general questions stump me and the more detailed ones i understand. but here it goes.
1 If i shoot a movie on my cam in 16:9 that means i want my imovie and idvd sessions to be 16:9 right?
2 and if i shoot my movie normal then i would want to use the normal imovie/idvd setting correct?

lol thank you...yeah when i import into imovie it goes in and looks like regular tape but once i finish it encodes (or whatever its called) and then transferes it correctly when its done

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