Choosing the best sequence setting

Hi everybody. I'm planning a two camera shoot -- a canon XH A1 and a Canon MK2. Canon MK2 has only one codec - 30p. The XH A1 can shoot in either 30i or 24P.
Assuming the video will trade off evenly between both cameras -- is it better to edit in 24P (and convert the Mk2 footage) or 30P (and convert the XH A1 footage). The other option would be 30i.
I'm leaning towards 24p, since I like the film look. But I thought I would put the question out there in case anyone has any experience either way.
Also -- I'd be glad to hear what experience in general people have had working with MK2 footate. This will be my first time.

#50 - Quality difference between Viewer and Canvas
Shane's Stock Answer #50 - Why is the quality different between what I see in the Viewer and what I see in the Canvas?
Well... the viewer is just that-- a viewer. It will display anything that fcp will recognize as usable video or graphics. The canvas is a viewer too, but at the pixel dimension specified by the settings of your project and sequence.
For example, if your graphic or footage is much higher resolution than your 720x480 DV sequence, FCP is interpolating down your file to fit the settings of the sequence. Usually this makes it look not so hot.  DV is a 5:1 compression working with a 4:1:1 color depth. Your pristine picture images and graphics are being crushed.
Same with picture files.  HIgh res pics now adopt the sequence settings and will render to those specs, and most likely they are not as high quality.

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    #50 - Quality difference between Viewer and Canvas
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    Well, choosing the "best" Export/Share setting for output, is a bit science, a bit art, and often a bit of testing.
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