DVCPROHD into SD Sequence

Hi everyone,
So I've edited a piece that was shot on P2 at 720p, 23.98. The final delivery, however, must be NTSC 4x3, full-frame (not letterbox). When I simply copy a clip from the 720 sequence to the NTSC sequence it comes in at 75% scale, and it appears letterboxed. Scaling it up to 100% merely fills the frame. But that's not enough, because 720p in a 720x486 sequence should have a lot of vertical space to spare. So this is leaving me no room to pan or resize the shot. I think if I blow it up to 133% that'd be about the full size, but will anything above 100% start losing image quality?
I've tried messing with the anamorphic setting, with the distortion settings...nothing seems to make this behave properly. I did export a 10bit 1280x720 clip, and when I bring that in it works, but I don't want to do that to the whole piece because it'll make repositioning each shot a pain in the butt. My last resort will be to export the sequence that way with Media Manager, but does anyone have any ideas before I do that?
Thanks!
Jeremy
Message was edited by: usa4jer

Well I'm going into a 10-bit 720x486 sequence for delivery. So I'm not talking about losing quality due to different data rates, that won't be an issue. I'm talking about losing quality due to having to scale the clip up to 133% to get it to where it ought to be, mathematically, at 100%.
I can get it to fill the frame, no problem. But a video that's 720 pixels tall should more than fill a 486 frame at 100% scale, there should be a couple hundred pixels left over so that I can reposition some of shots vertically.
So it sounds like you got the same result as I did, and that's not what should happen. I think it's got to do with the fact that DVCPROHD is actually 960 wide, not 1280, and FCP is getting confused with the whole anamorphic thing.
So my solution is to wait for the edit to be locked and approved, and then media manage the sequence to 10-bit 1280x720. Because when I bring that into an NTSC sequence the resolution behaves properly and I've got all the room to pan and scan that I need.
Unless you've got a better idea...?

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