I am in the market for a video camera and the Canon XL2 seems like a very good one.
The only downside I have is that I live in Australia and was wanting to buy from the USA to save $$$$.
Now after reading a thread on NTSC/PAL the suggestion is not to buy a NTSC camera if you are going to be using it in country using PAL. So that is my dilema. If I buy here in Australia it will cost me about $2000 more just to get the PAL version instead of the NTSC version from the USA. Now is the extra $2k worth it to get PAL?
How does footage recorded on a NTSC vidoe camera in 16:9 mode look when it is played back on a PAL HDTV? Anyone?
Anonymous
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Listen man...
You can choose a PAL version from US, or Singapore or wherever... at no additional charge!
I don't recommand you to use NTSC in Australia anyway. The colours are rubish.
Anonymous
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A friend heard PAL is better than NTSC even for USA.
Anyone know if this is true and why?
Guest
Unregistered guest
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PAL has more lines (I think) and less frames per second (25 so closer to film) and is a superior image format. If you have the choice ALWAYS go PAL.