NTSC or PAL?

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Puzzled Films

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I am still searching for a DVX and seem to notice that the PAL versions are cheaper in certain aspects. Is it possible to shoot and edit with a PAL in the states or do you have to have NTSC. Could someone give me a comparison so I may have a little knowledge on this.

Also I was told by someone that some PAL versions that are from Japan only have Japanese menus and there is no way to change this. Is this correct?

Thank you :)
 
You are best off dooing 2 things:

Using a camera that conforms to the technical norms in yrou area. If you are in a NTSC area it will be easiest to use an NTSC camera.

Buying a camera from the country where you are, and not "Gray market", this will insure you a proper waranty and customer service you should have for equipment of this level.

- Mikko
 
mikkowilson said:
You are best off dooing 2 things:

Using a camera that conforms to the technical norms in yrou area. If you are in a NTSC area it will be easiest to use an NTSC camera.

Buying a camera from the country where you are, and not "Gray market", this will insure you a proper waranty and customer service you should have for equipment of this level.

- Mikko
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- Warranty and - that I am in NTSC. Is it technically possible to use a PAL?
 
Yes, but unless you are distributing as PAL (v. unlikly) you will have to convert EVERYTHING you want to output.

A PAL camera will talk to yoru NLE in PAL mode, and your monitor if it supports PAL (most cheapo TV's in the US don't). after that i'll tkae pal gear to do anythign. you can always burn a PAL DVD. but then that'll tkae a PAL player.

Or then you can convert everything in your NLE to somthign NTSC friendly (or 24P for filmout [but there's no 24p in the PAL version..] to output to prety mcuh anywhere.

Bottom line: Yes you *can* do it, but it won't work with much around, so why do it?

- Mikko
 
mikkowilson said:
Yes, but unless you are distributing as PAL (v. unlikly) you will have to convert EVERYTHING you want to output.

A PAL camera will talk to yoru NLE in PAL mode, and your monitor if it supports PAL (most cheapo TV's in the US don't). after that i'll tkae pal gear to do anythign. you can always burn a PAL DVD. but then that'll tkae a PAL player.

Or then you can convert everything in your NLE to somthign NTSC friendly (or 24P for filmout [but there's no 24p in the PAL version..] to output to prety mcuh anywhere.

Bottom line: Yes you *can* do it, but it won't work with much around, so why do it?

- Mikko
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That answers my question. I will definetely stay away from PAL. Thanks for your help!
 
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