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DVX100 PAL or NTSC for PAL?
- Thread starter MrSleep
- Start date
Barry_Green
Moderator
This has been discussed over and over. The basic summary is: if you're in PAL territory, go for the PAL camera. Don't try to force a different broadcast standard into your workflow. 25p is nearly identical to 24p for almost any practical purpose. Don't go buying into workflow headaches when you don't have to -- the PAL camera is what you'll want when working in PAL countries.
Cecil_Beta
Active member
Mr Sleep,
Questions, questions, questions. In answer to your question.
I don’t know any dealer selling a NTSC DXV100. My question would be why you want one?
Why do you want to shoot 24p? What’s wrong with 25p? Do you plan finishing on film or video? Is it PAL or NTSC video? Film in Australia, like everywhere else is world shoot at 24p yet when it is broadcast on TV in Australia it is screened at 25p, action is happens 4% faster and the sound pitch has risen. Yes that blockbuster runs faster on TV then at the cinema. Can you spot the difference? I doubt it.
PAL is not inferior to NTSC. Sure the dvx100 doesn’t shoot 24p but it does 25p.
I had an earlier post see http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=8318
Here in Australia (as would be in any PAL country) a lot of film acquired material for television is shot at 25 FPS for telecine to match the PAL rate. Whereas film acquired material for theatrical release is shot at 24FPS.
OK, what happens when we PAL viewers watch a theatrical released film on video, DVD or TV. Well the 24FPS film is telecined at 25FPS. So all American blockbusters will run 4% quicker (which can be a blessing in disguise).
So to transfer to film from PAL 25P you simply slow it down by 1 frame per sec. It is not noticeable. If you want you can play with the pitch of the dialogue to accommodate the frequency change.
As Scott Billups says in his Book “Digital Filmmaking” (he is American from NTSC land I do believe), he has been using PAL for motion picture applications for years and no one has mentioned the extra frame. And he goes on to say ‘ There is no such thing as perfect sync, not in film, not in video, not in life.’ “SHOCK HORROR” - my words.
Like I said I recommend his book to any one intending on finishing on film from video acquisition from NTSC or PAL
I hope this helps somewhat Mr Sleep.
Questions, questions, questions. In answer to your question.
I don’t know any dealer selling a NTSC DXV100. My question would be why you want one?
Why do you want to shoot 24p? What’s wrong with 25p? Do you plan finishing on film or video? Is it PAL or NTSC video? Film in Australia, like everywhere else is world shoot at 24p yet when it is broadcast on TV in Australia it is screened at 25p, action is happens 4% faster and the sound pitch has risen. Yes that blockbuster runs faster on TV then at the cinema. Can you spot the difference? I doubt it.
PAL is not inferior to NTSC. Sure the dvx100 doesn’t shoot 24p but it does 25p.
I had an earlier post see http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=8318
Here in Australia (as would be in any PAL country) a lot of film acquired material for television is shot at 25 FPS for telecine to match the PAL rate. Whereas film acquired material for theatrical release is shot at 24FPS.
OK, what happens when we PAL viewers watch a theatrical released film on video, DVD or TV. Well the 24FPS film is telecined at 25FPS. So all American blockbusters will run 4% quicker (which can be a blessing in disguise).
So to transfer to film from PAL 25P you simply slow it down by 1 frame per sec. It is not noticeable. If you want you can play with the pitch of the dialogue to accommodate the frequency change.
As Scott Billups says in his Book “Digital Filmmaking” (he is American from NTSC land I do believe), he has been using PAL for motion picture applications for years and no one has mentioned the extra frame. And he goes on to say ‘ There is no such thing as perfect sync, not in film, not in video, not in life.’ “SHOCK HORROR” - my words.
Like I said I recommend his book to any one intending on finishing on film from video acquisition from NTSC or PAL
I hope this helps somewhat Mr Sleep.