Can AVCHD be copied to a mac and ingested later?

Would it be possible to offload video from a SDHC card being shot with AVCHD using by using a high capacity card reader, and later ingesting it into FCP using Log and Capture while the file already resides on the mac?
Thanks.

Hi. I'm no expert, but here has been my AVCHD "workflow" using the Panasonic HDC-SD1.
1. I capture my material to 8GB class 6 SDHC card
2. I remove the card from camera, place it in my sonnet expresscard34 card reader, insert into MBP
3. I copy the card contents, with its directory structure to an external fast FW800 disk
4. I run Toast to burn that directory to a dual layer DVD, with verification
5. I store the DVD in a case in my DVD storage rack
6. I start Final Cut Pro
7. I type shiftapple8 to run log and transfer, invoking FCP's ProRes transcoding ingest
8. With the log and transfer window open, I click the disk icon, select the BDMV directory
9. FCP loads icon view of the clips (.mts files) that are in the Stream directory under BDMV
10. I select a clip in the icon view, and preview its contents in the clip viewer to the right
11. I highlight the clips which I want to ingest (ProRes will transcode) and click Add to Selection
12. I take a break, since it will take a while to ingest all 80 minutes of material
13. I then edit in FCP as I normally would
So, I hope this helps anyone using AVCHD footage, but I also would like to hear what some of you are using in the way of presets in Final Cut Pro's audio/video settings with the AVCHD footage.
Regards

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