Advantages of a PAL camera?
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Re: Advantages of a PAL camera?
Venezuela is an NTSC country. You won't be able to use it (much) at home.
The only advantage PAL has is increased resolution. But for that increased resolution, you lose compability with your home country AND 24p.
If you plan for your video to be seen primarily in Venezuela, then PAL won't do it for you.
Venezuela is an NTSC country. You won't be able to use it (much) at home.
The only advantage PAL has is increased resolution. But for that increased resolution, you lose compability with your home country AND 24p.
If you plan for your video to be seen primarily in Venezuela, then PAL won't do it for you.
Barry_Green
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Re: Advantages of a PAL camera?
[quote author=David Jimerson link=board=Offtopic;num=1085946685;start=0#1 date=05/30/04 at 12:55:49]But for that increased resolution, you lose compability with your home country AND 24p.[/quote]
... and 30P...
[quote author=David Jimerson link=board=Offtopic;num=1085946685;start=0#1 date=05/30/04 at 12:55:49]But for that increased resolution, you lose compability with your home country AND 24p.[/quote]
... and 30P...
charles
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Re: Advantages of a PAL camera?
Let me just put a little light on David comments. True the use of pal in NTSC countries are slightly limited but it doesn't mean it is impossible. You can surely do any filming using the pal camera but naturally you will have to have the equipment to play it back. If you can get a tv that plays back both pal and NTSC, you should be okay. That is if you want to view it through a client monitor.
If you are going to do any editing then you can just pump it through the firewire into the computer, regardless if it is pal or ntsc, you'll still be able to view it on your computer. When you're done your editing, just output using the ntsc settings. Bingo.
Sorry to say guys but pal is slightly better than ntsc. :
Another thing. David said about not getting 24p. I don't think you will reconize the difference between 24p and 25p. The color rendition makes up for it.
Let me just put a little light on David comments. True the use of pal in NTSC countries are slightly limited but it doesn't mean it is impossible. You can surely do any filming using the pal camera but naturally you will have to have the equipment to play it back. If you can get a tv that plays back both pal and NTSC, you should be okay. That is if you want to view it through a client monitor.
If you are going to do any editing then you can just pump it through the firewire into the computer, regardless if it is pal or ntsc, you'll still be able to view it on your computer. When you're done your editing, just output using the ntsc settings. Bingo.
Sorry to say guys but pal is slightly better than ntsc. :
Another thing. David said about not getting 24p. I don't think you will reconize the difference between 24p and 25p. The color rendition makes up for it.
Re: Advantages of a PAL camera?
I suppose, but why go through all that extra effort and expense when you can just get a camera that does NTSC to begin with?
If you had a PAL audience that you might regularly shoot for, then it might make sense -- but really only in that case. If everything you shoot is going to be shown in NTSC land, the "slightly better" aspects of PAL are more than outweighed.
I suppose, but why go through all that extra effort and expense when you can just get a camera that does NTSC to begin with?
If you had a PAL audience that you might regularly shoot for, then it might make sense -- but really only in that case. If everything you shoot is going to be shown in NTSC land, the "slightly better" aspects of PAL are more than outweighed.
Barry_Green
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Re: Advantages of a PAL camera?
Exactly. While PAL is technically superior IN PAL, PAL converted to NTSC is not going to give you a better image than native NTSC will.
(I'd love to put that to a real test -- anybody have a PAL DVX in Vegas, that we can shoot some side-by-side stuff, try to capture the exact same images, then we'll convert the PAL footage to NTSC and compare against the NTSC-originated... that should settle the argument one way or the other, forever...)
Exactly. While PAL is technically superior IN PAL, PAL converted to NTSC is not going to give you a better image than native NTSC will.
(I'd love to put that to a real test -- anybody have a PAL DVX in Vegas, that we can shoot some side-by-side stuff, try to capture the exact same images, then we'll convert the PAL footage to NTSC and compare against the NTSC-originated... that should settle the argument one way or the other, forever...)
Barry_Green
Moderator
Re: Advantages of a PAL camera?
... so who's got a PAL DVX in Las Vegas, so we can do this thing?
... so who's got a PAL DVX in Las Vegas, so we can do this thing?