Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1153678)

I know what PAL is and the settings...as I am a little lost on all of your post.

Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1153697)

I know it records in HD only...that is what the client wants....

Originally Posted by David Issko (Post 1154114)

That is NOT what you first posted. You asked about PAL recordings. PAL (and NTSC) are standard def formats. There isn't and PAL & NTSC in HD. So when you posted asking about PAL recording, that means SD.

Anyway, I was only trying to help you and I found your reply to be very abrupt. As long as you have been informed and understand the diffeences now, that is all that matters.
Best wishes

Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1154165)

YES it was....we all now live in a HD world.....everbody knows that the EX3 is a HD only camera....all the client wanted to know if it does "pal".....and on SDHC cards....if I wanted to get info on SD, I would have asked for it. and all that matters is some people on here gave me the right answers.

Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1154283)

No, your are wrong and so your telling me and the others on here that Sony Corp is lying to us all about what the camera can do....as when I spoke to Sony before I got the camera an asked them about PAL recording and they said "yes"....so take it up with them.

I asked the questions and they have been answered...the issue is CLOSED.

Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1154605)

I will as I spoke to Sony this morning, they have no idea what your talking about.

Originally Posted by David Issko (Post 1154608)

Well then, all of my projects, including TV are all wrong it seems. Oh well, to the back of the line for me. Enjoy your PAL recordings, while I and my clients enjoy 1080 recordings.

Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1154283)

.......when I spoke to Sony before I got the camera an asked them about PAL recording and they said "yes"....so take it up with them.

Originally Posted by William Griffin (Post 1154618)

If have a problem with this...call Sony Corp. ........he told me look at the manual of the camera, ....it tells it all.

Originally Posted by David Heath (Post 1154622)

I can do little better than refer to wikipedia about this whole subject - PAL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PAL is an acronym for "Phase Alternating Line" and refers to how the colour information is encoded within an analogue colour television system. Practically, all the systems it's been associated with have been standard definition, including trials with the old UK 405 line! As wikipedia says:

In fact, even that is a clumsy approximation. In a very few countries (most especially Brazil), PAL colour coding is used with the 525-line/60 Hz line standard (as used with NTSC) to form the PAL-M standard.

Hence, even using "PAL" to mean "50Hz based standards" is incorrect (especially in Brazil!), and "PAL" DVDs could just as correctly be referred to as SECAM DVDs. The correct terminology there is really 576i/25 - it's only when the signal becomes analogue that it takes a "PAL" or "SECAM" form. But that's probably a losing battle.

Move to HD, and the terms PAL and NTSC have no relevance at all, as all analogue HD standards are component only, though they (wrongly) sometimes get used to imply 50Hz or 60Hz based standards.

Does it matter? I think the preceding comments probably prove it does, the use of misleading terminology causing confusion. The original question asked was "Can the EX3 output PAL to the SDHC card?" and I was not the only one to take that to mean "Can the EX3 output 576i/25 to the SDHC card?"

Phrased "Can the EX3 output 50Hz based standards to the SDHC card?" it would have been unambiguous.

Originally Posted by Denis OKeefe (Post 1154645)

you asked a question - well meaning and informed people answered it well, and quickly. We are all in flux, the only standard is that nothing is really standard. NTSC and PAL are not any flavor of HD and should both die off quickly (but they won't).
Electricity here is 60 hertz. We shoot 30 or 60. Electricity there is 50 hertz, they shoot 25 or 50. Effete folks shoot 24p because that's what film is (lousy TV but if they want to pay who am I to argue? - and please, apologies to all under or overcranking, I know you know what you are doing and it may look great).
Shoot 50 I or P (whatever they want) and it will work. Try 50 P or 50i in Texas and you will be unemployed.
How hard is this?
What folks are trying to warn you about is "crossing the beams" Don't use your HMI or shoot under fluorescents flickering in sync with our video but not their's. We share the same sun, that shouldn't cause trouble and tungsten doesn't flicker much. Set the camera to 50 something, if it looks okay you are fine, if it flickers something has to change and it can't be the format setting.