AVCHD - 2560 x 1080

I've just been messing around with some AVCHD...tut.
Using Log and Transfer, the files are coming in as 2560 x 1080 pixels and there's no way to get it to behave in the timeline. It seems to be in some mega cinemascope frame size.
No matter what you do with regards sequence settings it doesn't take on it's correct aspect ratio.
Using the Apple Pro Res codec 422. It's certainly strange, even quicktime reports the frame size as this odd size. Apple intermediate codec in the sequence settings changes it to letterboxed and renders it into a long thin picture!
The other odd thing is that when the sequence is set to the correct HD size of 1920 x 1080, when you drop the clip in the timeline it cuts off the excess pixels and doesn't squeeze them into the frame as you'd expect.
Any idea on where I'm going wrong? Who came up with this format anyway, it's not like we don't have enough already!

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