Shooting at 720p 50fps

Hi,
About to embark on shooting a dvd with FCP in mind. I have a problem...i'm shooting with 2 cameras..canon 305 and a dslr canon 2ti.
now the problem is the dslr will shoot at 1080p 25fps, and so will my canon 305, but that's over kill surely for a dvd?
so i thought about shooting at 720p 25fps, but the problem there is that the dslr only shoots at 720p and 50fps.
so question is - should i shoot 720p 50fps on both camera's or 1080p 25fps on both cameras. then i know that the footage in fcp will be fine.
i know from previous post that by shooting 720p 50fps would be great for slowmo action...but is that the right way.
what you think? - anyone shot like this before?
best
Nick

Shoot 1080p so you get realtime rendering and then export it to SD. Will save you hassle and time mixing them up unless you really need 50p (but it's not that slow-mo anyway)

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