NTSC vs PAL in HD -- editing and shooting question.
I've heard different answers on this question and all my Googling has resulted in nothing but more confusion, so I'm hoping someone in here who truly knows the answer to this can tell me.
I am based in Los Angeles, but am partnering up on a big project with some people who are based in Europe. The project we are shooting is going to be shot in New Zealand and we want to shoot it in HD. When we are done, we are planning on having both parties split up the footage and the European crew will edit half of it on FCP there in Europe, while my crew here in the U.S. will edit the other half on FCP here in the U.S.
Obviously, European TV and video are all PAL based and here in the U.S. it's all NTSC. My question is deceptively simple: are we going to have a problem if all the footage is shot on the same camera?
I typically use Canon HD video cameras (the A-1 and the HV20) that were purchased here in the U.S. to do my shooting. I would like to take these cameras on the trip and shoot with them, but I also want the footage I shoot to be compatible with my partner's PAL-based FCP system. I have heard that there is no such a thing as NTSC HD or PAL HD and that HD is just HD regardless of the country it's in. Is that true? Could I rent an HD camera in Europe and shoot stuff with it there and then bring the resulting tapes back here to the U.S. and play them on my U.S.-purchased HD cameras and decks and load it into my current FCP setup in L.A. without any problem? And would my partners be able to do the vice-versa (i.e. will my HD footage play and load on their HD cameras that were purchased in Europe?)
I would love to know if anyone has an answer to this. So far I've heard a lot of speculation and conjecture and no one I've talked to definitively seems to know.
Many thanks if anyone does.
I am based in Los Angeles, but am partnering up on a big project with some people who are based in Europe. The project we are shooting is going to be shot in New Zealand and we want to shoot it in HD. When we are done, we are planning on having both parties split up the footage and the European crew will edit half of it on FCP there in Europe, while my crew here in the U.S. will edit the other half on FCP here in the U.S.
Obviously, European TV and video are all PAL based and here in the U.S. it's all NTSC. My question is deceptively simple: are we going to have a problem if all the footage is shot on the same camera?
I typically use Canon HD video cameras (the A-1 and the HV20) that were purchased here in the U.S. to do my shooting. I would like to take these cameras on the trip and shoot with them, but I also want the footage I shoot to be compatible with my partner's PAL-based FCP system. I have heard that there is no such a thing as NTSC HD or PAL HD and that HD is just HD regardless of the country it's in. Is that true? Could I rent an HD camera in Europe and shoot stuff with it there and then bring the resulting tapes back here to the U.S. and play them on my U.S.-purchased HD cameras and decks and load it into my current FCP setup in L.A. without any problem? And would my partners be able to do the vice-versa (i.e. will my HD footage play and load on their HD cameras that were purchased in Europe?)
I would love to know if anyone has an answer to this. So far I've heard a lot of speculation and conjecture and no one I've talked to definitively seems to know.
Many thanks if anyone does.
G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
