Shooting in 1080/24p - exporting as PAL

Hi,
Does anyone have experience with shooting footage in 1080/24p mode, editing with FCP (1080/24p mode), and then exporting it as PAL 1080/50i?
Does the image get distorted or something like that?
I have a camera with 1080/60i and 1080/24p, and I need to send some DVDs in PAL
(or should I export it in FCP as 1080/24p and then use iDVD?)
Many thanks
~y

how does FCP turn a 24fps clip into 25fpc?
You should not do this in FCP. Edit your 24p project and export it as it is.
Then you can take that master file, either to a facility that offers real time hardware based standards conversion, or do it in software -which will take quite a while.
Software standards converters include JES Deinterlacer (free) or Natress Standards Conversion ($100). JES will do a decent job but in the end, you get what you pay for.
Compressor will do it too, but it takes ages and I think the result is not really worth it. If you do choose to convert, have it done properly by folks who know what they are doing. It's not a good stage in the workflow to start trying to cut costs.

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