Yes, this can record both in PAL and NTSC formats.”
Canon XL H1 The Canon XL-H1 HDV camera, with a few accessories. The Canon XL H1 is Canon’s first HDV camcorder. It is the successor to the Canon XL-2 which is the successor to the widely used Canon XL-1s. It can shoot in the HDV standard resolution of 1440×1080 pixels and has 3 native interlaced 1440×1080 CCDs (The photosites are 1.33:1 aspect ratio, allowing for a full 16:9 frame.) where Sony’s HVR-V1U has 960×1080 diagonal photosites, and Panasonic’s AG-HVX200 pixel shifted 960×540 (goes to 1280×1080 but theoretically with pixel shift, has a resolution of 1440×810). The camera can also shoot in Standard Definition in either 16:9 or 4:3. It has an HDSDI uncompressed output. There’s also component uncompressed HD output. [edit] Shooting formats NTSC configuration: * 1080: 60i, 30f, 24f. * 480: 60i, 30f, 24f. PAL configuration: * 1080: 50i, 25f. * 576: 50i, 25f. Users can pay for Canon to re-configure the camera to shoot in 50i and 25f. 24f, not to be taken as 24p, is derived from coole
