exporting to tape with a PAL sequence

i just finished editing a sequence in PAL for a freind, to export the sequence to tape,
can i use a panasonic ag dvx100a? i dont have a deck ...if so can anyone tell me how?
thanks

Is it a PAL DVX-100?

no......
i guess that answers my question...
i have a lot to learn about pal.

Not really. NTSC is 30fps, PAL is 25fps. Main difference.

Oh, and PAL is widescreen...NTSC mainly isn't...


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any advice on how i can export the sequence?
what sort of deck should i use.
i dont have access to a pal camera .
normally i just use my camera.but its not a pal camera.

If you want it to stay in PAL, you'll need to get a PAL DV recording device ORRRRR... you can output a full-rez quicktime movie (export>quicktime movie>current settings) and upload it to an FTP server and your friend can download it somewhere in PAL-land and make a tape there. Is this person sitting next to you (also not in PAL-land) or back in the old country (PAL-land)?

thats exactly what im gonna do..
he is in pal-land.....
his footage is pal,
what a pain in the a@#.
but thanks a lot

You need to hire a Sony DVCAM deck that has firewire and is PAL or PAL/NTSC switchable.

Hook it up the same way as you would your firewire camera.

Playout.

I would however recommend hiring a PAL monitor as well to view the output before you playout or you may find that the video has problems that you won't see on the computer screen.


Decks to hire would be:

Sony DSR11 DVCAM
Sony DSR25 DVCAM

or even the Sony HVR-M10E HDV Recorder


Ben



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Or send the tape in NTSC and your friend can take it in to a DuB House, they usually have systems transcoders.
If your friend is here in Portugal i can give a help, this a old country Pal-Land.

Rui Barros
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I think Rui that Ryan has edited the sequence as PAL so NTSC is not an option...

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Upsss... You're right Ben.
Your suggestion is better.

Rui Barros
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Lisbon, Portugal
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