Hi Victoria(posted 9211 days ago)The usual reason people suggest shooting in PAL is that PAL runs at 25 frames per second rather than NTSC's 30. So, it's theoretically easier to convert the frame rate to the 24 frames per second used by film. Also, the resolution is a fair bit higher.
Check with the people who are going to be doing the transfer to see if they can handle PAL, and if necessary shoot tests and have them transferred by different companies until you find a combination you like. I'm not sure I'd recommend standards conversion before film transfer as it's just another batch of processing to get in the way of the signal quality, and if your transfer can go direct from NTSC to film in one pass, why bother?
Sorry I can't make specific recommendations, as it's not an issue here in the UK - we shoot in PAL all the time anyway.
Hope this helps.
Peter