AVCHD converted to ProRes via FCP's Log & Transfer --does ProRes retain TC?

Looking for any users who have imported AVCHD using FCP's Log & Transfer and converted to ProRes. Was your original camera timecode retained? Or was each of your clip's timecode reset to zero?
More specifically, there are hopefully new users of Sony's NX5U out there shooting AVCHD with a choice of two modes...PCM audio or Dolby audio. Have you been able to successfully transcode to Pro Res in each instance while still retaining camera timecode?
This can be a dealbreaker for someone like myself who works with a lot of documentary footage and is potentially a buyer of the new Sony camera. If I discover that virtually no one can get AVCHD successfully converted to ProRes with original timecode, it may tilt me to buying the EX-1 whose co-dec is a native one for Final Cut.
Thanks for any help you can offer...John

I don't know about this camera but most AVCHD do not record continuous timecode but only record timecode on each clip starting at zero. If you set I/O in the L&T window the timecode portion selected in that clip will transfer to FCP.

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<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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cheers!
pope

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