Film to video transfer question

Hi all,
I'm currently recieving my first 16mm film project in video but the footage are 4:3 with letter box not 16:9 as I expected. I talked to the coordinator & he said that it can't be in anamorphic since they didn't shoot it with the anamorphic lens. Is this true? I thought all film footages are originally 1.85:1 (anamorphic), right?
thankx,
JP
QuadG5, Kona LHe, Medea1TGB. Mac OS X (10.4.5)

you are confusing a few things, and there is no reason why you cannot still get a 16:9 image or letterboxed image from your footage.
first it is common to shoot 16mm film and still achieve a letterbox look, but you must frame the action inside the 16mm frame for the necassary cropping of the 16mm image that will result. For example, many idependents shoot 16mm for 35mm blowup or shoot 16mm and telecine to HD for wide screen effect, but you must frame it inside the 16mm aspect ratio and be aware there will be some cut off at the top and bottom.
Now, iff you will lose important info in the cut off from 16mm to HD, you can pan & scan during the telecine which is very common.
Not sure how much footage you have to telecine, but you can use your current telecine footage for your offline, and after you have locked picture, take your telecine flex files and EDL back to the telecine post house and re-telecine your EDL to HD. Conform this HD telecine footage at the post house and voila! Your show will be HD & letterboxed.
Technically, 16:9 is not anamorphic in 'film' speak. Anamorphic cinematography only exist in 35mm and as there are no 16mm anamorphic lenses nor projectors. And as described above in film speak anamorphic is the compressing and uncompressing of the image to achieve a wide screen 2.35:1 look that you sometimes see in the movie theaters.
If you want a 16:9 letterbox look, you can just as easily crop your current 16mm telecined footage in Final Cut Pro.

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