How can I tell if my Handycam is an NTSC or Pal ?

[morabet]

Hello everyone,
Is there a way to tell if my Handycam is a Pal or NTSC system ? I received my Sony DCR-DVD403 as a birthday present 2 years ago, and I'm not sure where it was bought from, the reason I need to know which system it is because of a seperate underwater lens that connects to the Handycam and the manufacture needs to know which system it is, to be able to operate the external u/w system.
Thanks

[guns1inger]

Transfer some footage to your PC and look at the resolution. 720 x 480 is NTSC, 720 x 576 is PAL.

[morabet]

Thank you so much I am a newbie and just bought the VegasPro 8 from B&H would you be familiar with it and guide me how to check the resolution? sorry for asking so many questions, but coming from being a digital photographer and photoshop this is a whole new world to me

[guns1inger]

If you have loaded a clip into Vegas, right-click on the clip on the timeline and select Properties. This should tell you what the original clip is.

[morabet]

Thank you very much I really appreciate it so much
Have a wonderfulrest of the night/day I'll go give it a shot right now

[JohnnyMalaria]

Another way to tell is from the camcorder's model number. For PAL units from Europe, they have an E suffix.

BTW, I'm rather puzzled as to why the underwater housing supplier needs to know NTSC vs. PAL for the lens. I could understand it if the housing has an external LCD display though.

[morabet]

It's not a housing, it's a monopod with a lens at the bottom of it used for swimming coaches. check their websites, it's an awesome system that I've been using and getting another one soon. http://coachcam.biz/index.html