PAL tapes in NTSC cameras

I have an NTSC DV camera and a PAL formatted DV tape I'd like to import into either Quicktime or iMovie. Although the camera can't handle PAL, I'm assuming that DV data is just data, and if it's going via a Firewire cable there must be some way to just import the PAL data straight into a PAL DV file. Anybody know any way that this can be done?
Help appreciated!

Nattress Standards Conversion would be one proven technique.
Maybe MPEG Streamclip. Seems like I used this a few years ago to go from PAL → NTSC.

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    Yes.
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    Use JES Deinterlacer to convert to NTSC.
    Create a new NTSC iMovie project.
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    Export to NTSC tape using an NTSC camera.
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    http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6017.shtml
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