HD best compression choice?

Greetings,
I am working on a project in which all the source material is derived from a Digital SLR, being used to shoot "time lapse". It works pretty good, and the images are 3000x2000, which I can easily make into a movie using After Effects. I first began scaling the images to 1280x720 at 30fps, and would output this to DVC PRO HD 720p. (Another great thing is that you can introduce camera moves using AE at this step). Anyhow, I have lately been exploring the 1920x1080 format. When you use the template in AE, it specifies a frame rate of 24fps, which is really no problem for me, but it begs the question, given the nature of the source material, if that is the best frame rate for me? And what is the difference between DVCPRO HD 1080i60 vs DVDPRO HD 1080i50? Is this even the prefered output format for me ? Difficult to find information on these formats, and the manuals are no help. I have yet to upgrade to FCP6, but I understand there is a NEW HD compression scheme. So I guess, this is a general compression question, but would love to get any feedback from users on this one.
Thank,
Dave Berry

given the nature of the source material, if that is the best frame rate for me?
Well, this begs the question, what will you be delivering? 23.98 is a good frame rate, if your photos progressed at that speed. 29.97 is good if they progressed at that speed. What are you delivering? Format? To whom?
And what is the difference between DVCPRO HD 1080i60 vs DVDPRO HD 1080i50?
1080i60 is an NTSC frame rate...59.94fps...based on the 29.97 (30fps) NTSC standard. 1080i50 is a PAL HD rate, based on the 25fps PAL standard.
Is this even the prefered output format for me ?
Again...what format do you want to deliver? DVCPRO HD tape? HDCAM? DVD? Film out? This determines EVERYTHING.
I have yet to upgrade to FCP6, but I understand there is a NEW HD compression scheme.
Yes, ProRes 422. Uncompressed HD quality at 1/4 the drive space requirements. Many options available there.
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