Help with switching from NTSC to PAL

When I open iMovie, it doesn't give me the option to choose PAL. the only options I get are: DV, DV widescreen, HDV (1080i, 720p), MPEG-4 and iSight. When I choose DV it automatically goes to NTSC. My camera was purchased from Europe so when I import the videos to iMovie that's in NTSC I only get sound and no image.
Please help!

milwauken,
Welcome to the iMovie forum.
Please create and post your question as a new topic in the appropriate iMovie forum(eg. iMovie 4 and previous, iMovie HD, iMovie HD 6).
This ensures your question will not get mixed up in another thread regarding a different topic and go unnoticed.
What you have done is termed "Hijacking a Thread" in essence your question is not related to the topic of this thread.
Your question will receive a quicker & better response by starting your topic and it will not take the focus on the topic being discuused in this thread or any other thread where "increasing the size of fonts" is not being discussed
See you on the forum boards.
Thanks!

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