1080i Atomos Ninja and Samurai Clips imported as 1080p

Hi,
I have shot some test clips on both a Atomos Ninja and Samurai, both using 1080 50i.
When importing the files into FCPX (either using import files, or import from Camera), without selected optimize media, the files shows in the inspector as 1080p.
I need to manually change the field dominance to Upper Field First.
Is this a bug in FCPX, has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks

I have the same problem with FCPX in Imac and I contacted directly to Atomos. This is their reply:
"I have tested with 50i footage in SAmurai and can confirm that FCP is picking this up as 25p. We are unsure if this is a problem with FCP or us so need to investigate more and also need to have this reported to Apple."
So they are working with it and I hope we will get firmware update out soon. Otherwise my samurai unit is useless. We shoot for tv and the format should be 1080 50i.
If I remember correctly my Finalcut 7.0.3 in laptop shows the footage as 1080 50i but the footage do not play well in the 50i timeline and rendered output file is poor, so problem is there also.
I really like the idea of Samurai. Hope they make it work soon.

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