AVCHD converted how?

I have imported some footage from a Canon HF10 AVCHD into iMovie 08 (7.1.4). I notice that once imported the files in the documents folder are mov files of a similar size but not identical to the native camera files. However iMovie didn't offer any choices during importing so I just wondered what sort of compression was applied to the files (if any) and what happens to the image quality, is it degraded at all by importing? and what is the "best" method to edit the footage to maintain best quality?
thanks
Steve

You mentioned documents folder, are these files imported from the camera or are they somehow already on your computer?
If you import from the camera:
When you are in the import screen you should have a choice to either
"Import 1080i Video as: then just to the right is a dropdown box where you select Full - 1920x1080 or Large - 960 x 540 "
It sounds like you are using the large import option. Importing at the full setting will expand the AVCHD files to a very large AIC file ( about 1GB per minute)

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