Share 'importing PAL video with NTSC system'

I'm just back from a working trip overseas, and I need to digitize footage a co-worker shot on her European-model Panasonic. I usually digitize on my consumer-grade NTSC Panasonic video camera, but also have a DVX I could use. The only discussion forums I can find online address converting PAL to NTSC once you have it into your computer, but I'm not sure how to actually get it to that point. Is…