Glyn, I see what you mean about the action movie thing... and that's definitely what we are going for... but would you still recommend 24p even if I can't do the reverse telecine? (from what I gather it can't be done in FCE?)
Oh, and any advice on these various tricks to get the HV30 in optimal film mode?
Scott
By the way, if anyone is interested, here is a fight scene from an action film (Batman) we are just finishing up on our old standard def camera:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iPYriqAGOGE