Aspect ratio for PAL 5:4 material in HD sequence...

I've got an HD timeline, 1080i, 16:9, square pixels... I've been given some DV PAL (5:4 / 720x576) material to use in the sequence. It looks vertically stretched, so I need to change the distort aspect ratio... but what exactly do I change it to? It looks ok at -6 or even -10 or -12... but I can't tell what is the correct/accurate setting! What is the correct aspect ratio setting?
Thanks!

...and following some tests, the answer is... -6.67

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