AVCHD import problem, Video speed is FAST!

When previewing the clips in the bin PRIOR to importing, everything looks great, and both Audio & Video run at realtime speed, but AFTER importing, the VIDEO is running at what appears to be 200%, audio is perfect... Help, please!

I'm having the same problem. I've imported video without a problem before, but now the video speed after import is probably 4x faster.
I'm using a Sony DCR-PC101 with a firewire connection. The camera uses Mini-DV.
As Jesse Boy says the preview runs at normal speed. When viewing the LCD monitor on the camera while importing its running at normal speed.
Is there a setting I can adjust in iMovie to fix this?

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d.

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