Mix of HD and SD clips

I have offered to edit a musical for a local high school The students utilized three cameras in the shoot. Two were sd cameras (shot in 16:9 & 29.97 fps) and one was HD camera (1080i / frame rate 60i) on a Panasonic AG-HCM40 camera. What is the best way to handle the this in final cut pro. I haven't worked much with HD over the years. Thanks for your help!

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If this is a three camera shoot that you might want to sync/multi-clip you will probably want to convert the 1080 in Compressor.

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We should, but I think the others will be disappointed eheheheh.
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Let`s get in touch through email: lucas at rwcine.com.br
(at = @ and delete spaces).
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