24f and 60i on same timeline

I have a project shot on 2 cameras. It was all supposed to be at 1080/24p, but one camera got set to 1080/60i. Would it be better to work with this in a 60i sequence or a 24p sequence?
Are there any considerations I should take into account when I export for SD DVD? (i.e. de-interlacing - since some of my footage is interlaced and some is progressive - ignore it or deinterlace, or...?)
Thanks.
--Nathan Lawrence

Field dominance can be a big problem, not so much because of strobing but because of resolution loss. FCP will automatically de-interlace footage where field order of a footage doesn't match the sequence, but if your SD sequence is lower-field-first and your HD footage is upper-field-first, FCP will reduce resolution, then flip fields and throw another 50% of your resolution away.
Run some tests, but you might want to consider editing in an HD sequence and downconverting in Compressor afterwards.

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