NTSC to PAL conversion frame rate?

bill totolo

bill totolo

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I'm doing a friend a favor and shooting his mother's memorial service with my F3.
My friend is a DP who lives in New Zealand, but we're shooting this in Los Angeles.

The question is, do we shoot in NTSC or PAL? My concern about shooting PAL is flicker from practical lighting that might be difficult to spot with a Zacuto EVF.

If I shoot in NTSC, what may be the best frame rate for conversion. Audio will be recorded, so that's a concern as well.

Thank you,
 
24P is easily retimed to 25P. 60i or 60p can be converted reasonably well with software. Just avoid 30P.

But what's the likely delivery format? - most New Zealand DVD players can handle both PAL and NTSC.
 
Bill, in PAL land we're all good should you shoot 60Hz. I havent come across a DVD player yet that wont simply play a 60Hz DVD and of course if you're sending a digital file, means even less.

If I were your friend Id be A OK with 60Hz and have no flicker v 50Hz with flicker. Come to think of it, in the same circumstance - I would extremely grateful your'e doing such a generous thing.
 
same discussion going on here, http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?293189-fps-choice-25p-vs-30p-(PAL)-for-run-and-gun-shooting (essentially avoid 30p)

3 weeks ago I shot PAL on my F3 here in Toronto for some footage going to Africa, and I did not experience any flicker issues with the lights I was using. I have seen flickr using PAL cameras here in North America but mostly around street lamps.

Also regarding audio, there is only a 4% difference in speed when you drop a 24p video on a 25p timeline or vice versa which is not noticeable to viewers. If you're consider about the 4% difference you can take your original audio and use a time/pitch speed audio corrector then export this audio back into your timeline, but you shouldn't have to worry.
 
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