Pal vs. Ntsc with mpeg 1 format

This may be a long question....
I have several small videos that i shot on a point and shoot, Sony dsc w80, that i want to edit in final cut. i am assuming that they are standard ntsc for they are recorded at 30fps, 640 x 480.
I will also be using other pal format video, recorded on regular dv cameras, with the footage being 25fps.
I am using mgeg streamclip to convert the mpeg 1's into quicktime files.
Is there a better way to do this? When i am converting the mpeg 1's to bring into fcp, should i convert them to pal now or later?
any suggestions would be very helpful. thanks.

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