Hdv/dv project.

I started filming a project in 16.9 on dv using a z1 (yes dv, yes I no its an hdv camera at the time I didn’t no Id be getting an edit system working with hdv!) part of the project has also been shot in 16.9 hdv using a z1. Am I best to down convert using the camera to dv and edit in dv or would I be best to capture the hdv part in hdv and the dv parts in dv and scale the hdv down in fcp?
Thanks for any advise.

the end product is going to be a sd dvd as well!!
Mr Chop,
a useful read for you:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/hdv_to_sddvd.html
I'd suggest you take 15sec of footage and take it all the way through the process a few times with different settings.
Read yes...but experiment by yourself too because each video even shot with popular format and settings has often a unique noise print (camera settings, lighting etc).
G.

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