Will a PAL DVCAM tape work in a NTSC DVCAM carmera?

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I've done some searching and haven't found a definitive answer to
this. I have a Sony PD150 Dvcam camera and I would like to get some
footage off of some PAL Dvcam tapes via firewire. Is this do-able at
all? Thanks

 

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"woodface" wrote...
> I've done some searching and haven't found a definitive
> answer to this. I have a Sony PD150 Dvcam camera and
> I would like to get some footage off of some PAL Dvcam
> tapes via firewire. Is this do-able at all? Thanks

Some equipment will play and/or record in both standards.
Unless the equipment SPECIFICALLY states that it does
both PAL and NTSC, it is safe to assume that it won't.
Dual-standard is a desirable feature and you can be sure
that equipment makers that have it will flaunt it.
For example the Sony DSR-11 does both PAL and NTSC.

 

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is it a PAL camera?
"woodface" <here@there.com> wrote in message
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>
> I've done some searching and haven't found a definitive answer to
> this. I have a Sony PD150 Dvcam camera and I would like to get some
> footage off of some PAL Dvcam tapes via firewire. Is this do-able at
> all? Thanks
>
>

 

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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:26:21 GMT, "nappy" <no_spam_@sorry.com> wrote:

>is it a PAL camera?

Not according to the subject...


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"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote:

>"woodface" wrote...
>> I've done some searching and haven't found a definitive
>> answer to this. I have a Sony PD150 Dvcam camera and
>> I would like to get some footage off of some PAL Dvcam
>> tapes via firewire. Is this do-able at all? Thanks
>
>Some equipment will play and/or record in both standards.
>Unless the equipment SPECIFICALLY states that it does
>both PAL and NTSC, it is safe to assume that it won't.
>Dual-standard is a desirable feature and you can be sure
>that equipment makers that have it will flaunt it.
>For example the Sony DSR-11 does both PAL and NTSC.

I was thinking, even if it is an NTSC camera, the firewire is just a
file transfer, so it is maybe possible? Unless of course the camera
recognises it as a PAL tape and rejects it.

Doubt that it could hurt anything to try anyway.

Cheers


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"Kevin Gleeson" wrote in message
> I was thinking, even if it is an NTSC camera, the firewire is just a
> file transfer, so it is maybe possible? Unless of course the camera
> recognises it as a PAL tape and rejects it.

Or more likely doesn't recognize an NTSC pattern and
rejects the tape. NTSC and PAL video are encoded
differently in DV and written differently on the tape
(like a different tape speed, etc.)

> Doubt that it could hurt anything to try anyway.

Don't get your hopes up.

 

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Oh... really?

I thought a bit of logic might be helpful.
He answered his question in his post.

"Christopher Pollard" <rubbish@cginternet.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:26:21 GMT, "nappy" <no_spam_@sorry.com> wrote:
>
> >is it a PAL camera?
>
> Not according to the subject...
>
>
> Chris Pollard
>
> --
> CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
> http://www.cginternet.net

 

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woodface <here@there.com> wrote:

>
>I've done some searching and haven't found a definitive answer to
>this. I have a Sony PD150 Dvcam camera and I would like to get some
>footage off of some PAL Dvcam tapes via firewire. Is this do-able at
>all? Thanks
>

Most video editors will accept either PAL or NTSC video.

Regards Brian