Sequence settings question

I recently learned that whenever exporting a Quicktime file via the Quicktime Conversion method and selecting the NONE compression setting, that recompression occurs, although the selection indicates NONE (go figure). If I want to export a sequence, what selection should I use. And also, what about the Quicktime Video settings in the Sequence Settings dialogue box? What selection should I use when editing in, say, uncompressed 10bit or 8bit?
I'm a little confused. Maybe there is an article or something out there that explains all the differences in Quicktime that someone knows about.
Thanks, as usual, for all the help.
Van
G5 Dual 2Ghz    

In a recent post, I was asking about a workflow issue I was having and the question came up. Instead of nesting a sequence, I exported it as a Quicktime movie using the Quicktime Conversion selection rather than the self-contained movie option and re-imported it, and I was concerned about any quality loss I might be introducing by doing it that way. In the "Conversion" dialogue box, you can select the codec, and I was selecting NONE. I was told not to use that setting because it recompressed the footage.
The original sequence I was exporting was uncompressed 8bit, and the original footage was d-beta captured as NTSC 8bit.

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