Canuck 0 #1 August 9, 2005 So, my freefly team won the Canadian Nationals which means we're off to Germany next year. Looking at the rules on the FAI website, I need a camera "capeable of providing a PAL digital signal by means of firewire." Does anybody with international competition experience know if that means I must actually have a PAL camera, or is there somehow I can get away with my NTSC pc109? No speculation please...just people who know for sure. Canuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teamhypoxia 0 #2 August 10, 2005 In my experience, at the world air games in Spain, it had to be a PAL camera. I don't know if there are any cameras out there now that will export in either. One of the members of the team purchased two PAL cameras and later sold them via Ebay or something.... good luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skysurfcam 0 #3 August 10, 2005 Congrat's on the win. Good to see you're getting ahead of the curve by being on top of the rules early. You will need a PAL camera. Good luck at "The Show". C. Brother Wayward's rule of the day... "Never ever ever go skydiving without going parachuting immediately afterwards." 100% PURE ADRENALENS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #4 August 10, 2005 PAL. Your NTSC camera might be able to export by firewire to a PAL camera, but the footage would still be NTSC. Most of our equipment here can now handle both PAL and NTSC, but not all of it. So, for things like World Games, World Championships and World Team you'll still need PAL. Although if anyone from World Team with a NTSC camera has nice inside camera footage or ground stuff or whatever, give it to the camera team anyway; on a computer I'm getting the hang of converting ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danger 0 #5 August 10, 2005 You will need a PAL camera. I had the same issue when I went to the Worlds in Australia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canuck 0 #6 August 10, 2005 Thanks everyone for the responses. That sucks... Canuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #7 August 10, 2005 It's possible to PAL the footage using Premiere, but it's a hassle. Too time consuming for a competition. Next time I have a gig in "PALville" I'll have a PAL camera. I'm have heard there's a hack for most of the ntsc cameras, but I don't know how to do it. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoter 0 #8 August 10, 2005 I have a PC109.......PAL UPS to UK will be cheaper than buying a new cam.... I'll be happy to swap it for your NTSC for the time you hit Germany....no drama I'm sure others would be happy to offer the same as wel....if you ask them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildWilly 0 #9 August 14, 2005 Contact Rick Epp at Skydive Burnaby in Ontario. He is the camera man for team Stratosfear and has a Pal camera for sale. Congrats, Willygrowing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
