So I have an issue on my hands, PAL footage.

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Jolfer

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My boss filmed some of his online show in Paris, and had someone shoot it. I shoot with a DVX in 4:3, 24P, and in NTSC (I live in NYC).

I recieved an email basically saying this:

just wanted to send you some info on the tape we shot in Paris. You can basically forward this straight to your editor, because it's all for his use:
-It's a PAL tape, so you'll need a PAL deck to capture
-It's shot on a Canon XL1 in 4:3 with a 16:9 squeeze, so please capture as such...

How should I handle this? I have no idea how to get PAL to NTSC footy, and where I can find a PAL deck. Should I just buy a cheap PAL handy cam? I'm super lost, and I'm not sure about how to fix the 16:9 thing for my DVX.

Any help would be awesome, thanks guys.
 
Jolfer said:
My boss filmed some of his online show in Paris, and had someone shoot it. I shoot with a DVX in 4:3, 24P, and in NTSC (I live in NYC).

I recieved an email basically saying this:

just wanted to send you some info on the tape we shot in Paris. You can basically forward this straight to your editor, because it's all for his use:
-It's a PAL tape, so you'll need a PAL deck to capture
-It's shot on a Canon XL1 in 4:3 with a 16:9 squeeze, so please capture as such...

How should I handle this? I have no idea how to get PAL to NTSC footy, and where I can find a PAL deck. Should I just buy a cheap PAL handy cam? I'm super lost, and I'm not sure about how to fix the 16:9 thing for my DVX.

Any help would be awesome, thanks guys.
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You can very likely rent PAL decks in the US, depending on where you are.
Im pretty sure though the XL"1" doesn´t have 16x9 squeeze mode (ok, maybe the XL1"s" had it...), it only offered 4:3 and letterboxed 16:9 if I recall, but it´s been years since I last used one.
The XL2 has native 16:9.
If you go the PAL handycam route, I´d also get a Canon, there have been playback issues with Canon footage in other cameras.
Good luck!
 
How much would renting one cost? I looked at PAL Handy cams and they are about 300$, which I woudl like to not spend that much, but I'm kind of in a bind and have a bout a week to fix this **** up.

Any ideas out there?
 
Anyone? I really could use the help, I'm gonna go to B&H this coming week to see if they can help me out.
 
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