Progressive Scan is a technology. Its best at 24fps emulating film and known as 24P for 24fps progressive scan. Sony's new HDW-700 is going to have that option for transfer to film. If film transfer is ulitmately what you are going for, then shoot with a PAL camera with progressive scan, such as the XL-1 or the Optura. There are of course many others, but those are two of the best 3CCD - 1CCD cameras in the business. So yes, it is preferable to shoot in Progressive Scan if one is intending to render to film! Brian(posted 9092 days ago)