5D mk II NTSC/PAL

Hi
I've shot some footage on my Canon 5D which is set to shoot in the PAL format but when I import to FCPX the inspector seems to indicate the footage is NTSC 1080p.
Is this normal? What happens when I want to create a DVD for UK equipment?

Is that in movie mode? In one of the menus somewhere you should see this
It may not have the 720 option, but should show 1920x1080 25

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Yes
NTSC - tapes require an NTSC Camera
Althoug my TRV-900e can playback NTSC - nothing is delivered via FireWire
And even more strange is that it can play back via analog out to TV - but
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And step 2 - connecting an A/D-box - Didn't help either/any settings.
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AND When You got it into Your Mac
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I've only had feedback on one movie so far - the first one. For that one I sent both an NTSC and PAL version back to see which worked or were better, etc., as I don't really understand the technology yet. Now according to my brother there was no difference between them (obviously he can play NTSC on his PAL player).
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I remember when digital watches and calculators first became available. That was the height of technology. People were happier then...
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PS please reply as to an idiot

IDVD uses different templates depending on which format you choose. PAL and NTSC are different formats, not only in frame size, but color resolution, and frame rate.
Yes, PAL is superior to NTSC. However, some regions of the world can only play NTSC, others PAL... some can play both formats.
You must specify the format BEFORE starting a new iDVD project because you can change that setting over and over again after having started a project and it will actually only use the setting that it was set to when the new project was started. As in, change your video standard preference, then File > New... not the other way around.
As for transcoding... many apps do transcode, but by mistake, not by design. What I mean is, if you take NTSC footage (720x480 29.97 FPS Non-square pixels) and tell it to output it as PAL footage (720x576 25 FPS Square pixels), it will. It will convert it by stretching the pixels vertically and reducing the frame rate. Most may not even be able to notice the difference, especially when viewed on an analog device such as a TV... it might be more apparent on a digital device such as a computer. Another example would be to take a 320x240 Quicktime move and then add it to iDVD directly. It will stretch the content to fit the format that you have chosen. Now there is a drastic change in viewing quality because there was a drastic change in frame size. PAL and NTSC are quite close to one another by comparison.
All in all, you should shoot in PAL if you wish to output PAL DVDs and conversely shoot in NTSC if you wish to output NTSC DVDs. This will result in the best outcome.
NTSC is jokingly referred to as Never Twice the Same Color... meaning that NTSC has some of the worst color rendering out there. It is one of the primary reasons why the U.S. is FINALLY switching to HD... to say goodbye to the archaic format that has existed in the U.S. for well over 50 years. PAL too is going away. Cheer the arrival of HD... it is superior to both PAL and NTSC on a grand scale.

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I now understand that DVD's encoded to NTSC will almost certainly playback in UK on modern DVD Players.
My question is this (iLife'06):
If I have an iMovie encoded as NTSC, what will changing the setting in iDVD Preferences from NTSC to PAL actually do?
Will it ..
i. Re-encode from 29 frames/480 lines to 25 frames/526 lines before encoding to the MPEG2 format?
ii. Ignore the setting
iii. Make a complete mess of the MPEG2 data?
iV. Other
Thank you!

i. Re-encode from 29 frames/480 lines to 25 frames/526 lines before encoding to the MPEG2 format?
Yes, but it does it by simply dropping a frame here and there so the output looks jerky. You get better quality conversion with 3rd party tools like JES Deinterlacer. And usually there is no point in converting NTSC to PAL because all PAL DVD players and almost all PAL TVs can display NTSC.
See also:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#PALNTSC

5D mk II NTSC/PAL

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