DVCPRO HD - Slow Motion

I shot with a Panasonic Varicam with a 720/24p Codec. I am loading footage into Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 through a Panasonic HD1400 DVCPRO HD Deck. I have some tapes that I shot at 60p with the intention of using these for slow-motion images. When I go to import these tapes at 720/24p they still appear in normal motion. I've tried to import at 720/60p and have the same result. Does anyone know how to import these tapes in the slow-motion that I am after?
thanks -

You need to use the DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter:
http://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/pagewrapper.cgi?forumid=8&page=http://www.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/dvprohd/index.html
Shane

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