Converting 2:3:3:2  to 2:3 when capturing to FCP?

Hi.. I'm having a bit of trouble capturing a few tapes for a current project. Most of the footage was shot in the standard 2:3 pulldown in 24F mode, on a Canon XL-H1 (using DV, not HDV). However, the camera was in the shop one weekend, and we used a loaner of the same model. I didn't think to check the pulldown, and it turns out to have been set to 2:3:3:2.
I'm using Sony HVR-M15U decks to capture. Though the decks are equipped to handle various pulldowns, I can't seem to get the footage to capture properly to FCP.
What is the best way to convert the footage to the proper pulldown? I'm pretty sure that I can playback from the camera with no problem. Should I try to use the cam as the deck for those tapes, or is theres some combination of decks and project settings that would allow me to avoid this (I try not to use cams as decks, if possible).
Thanks,
Cesare

So you used the DVX100 for the loaner? Far as I know only Panasonic uses the 2:3:3:2 pulldown method.
Are you trying to edit in a 23.98 timeline? If not, then just capture regular 29.97 for everything and edit in a 29.97 timeline. Either way, you captured 29.97. That is the only way to capture on tape.
You can capture 29.97 and use Cinema Tools to convert the footage after capture. There is a reverse telecine for the 3:2 pulldown. Not sure if Cinema Tools has a conversion for 2:3:3:2 pulldown, but you can capture using the DV-NTSC Advanced Pulldown removal setting.

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