Mike Krumlauf Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) I am currently shooting some stuff on good ol Mini DV on the Canon XL1 and Sony PD150 (both PAL models of the camera) and im looking to finish the material in NTSC 23.98p. No audio is needed, im just curious what is the best way in 2020 to convert PAL interlaced video to NTSC 24p Progressive with as minimal of resolution loss as possible? Heres my capture process. Capture using the Panasonic AJ HD1400 Deck via HD SDI blow up & AJA Kona 3 Card set at 1080i25 (some reason that capture card doesnt have a 1080i50 mode) Edit in FCP 7 Edited October 1, 2020 by Mike Krumlauf adding details of my capture process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted October 1, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted October 1, 2020 You shot 50 fields interlaced or 25 frame progressive PAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 As far as I remember, the PD150 was interlaced only. XL1, of course, was progressive. Back in the days when I used to shoot low budget music videos in the UK, we occasionally used both cameras , and any standards conversion to NTSC was done by simply dropping the clip onto a 23.98 timeline in FCP7 and letting the software figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Krumlauf Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, David Mullen ASC said: You shot 50 fields interlaced or 25 frame progressive PAL? Shooting 50i on the pd150. Frame mode on the XL1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted October 2, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted October 2, 2020 I don't know what tech to use, but the simplest thing with the least artifacts has traditionally been to convert 50i to 25P and then just run it at 24 fps, so a slight slow down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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