NTSC camera using in PAL region via projector

Hi,
let me start off for apologising that this is probably a stupid question, but cant seem to get my head around it!!
ok, so i want to get a camcorder to use in the UK (prob hf10) and its almost half the price in the USA (depending on xchange rate! **** credit crunch!).
so...when i record video, i know it will be ok to import and export into FCE as NTSC. but when i show it, it will be via macbook into a projector. will this work? and can projectors display both ntsc and PAL material?
thanks for all your help!

The latter is the problem. As I hit the capture button, the tape in the camera rolls, I can see (and hear) the PAL movie in the view finder and on the LCD screen of the camera, but the capture window stays black (though the frame counter works) and nothing is captured. (This is true whether I use an NTSC or PAL project set-up in Premiere). Again, I know there is a solution. I have done it before but forgot the necessary set-up steps in Premiere.

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I have a Canon HF10 which I have bought in the US, so it is a NTSC camera. I am living in Europe, so I would like to create a PAL dvd from the footage which I have recorded.
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Henrik Skak Pedersen wrote:
.. The frame rate is 30 which is a surprise because I recorded it at 24.
no surprise.. the ccd of you device is read-out 24p, but the camera records upsampled in 30i ..
24p on consumer devices is mostly marketing blabla..
in Europe, a 25p more is more interesting..
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this summer ive been into the usa and taped some of the vacation with a camera there (ntsc).
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Check your owner's manual to see if your camcorder supports sending NTSC data via the firewire port. It is possible your camcorder can play the NTSC footage, but cannot transfer it via firewire.
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