Canon HDV preset (lack therof)

Why is it Adobe has a preset for Canon HDV 30f available as a download for Premiere 2.0 but not Premiere CS3? Am I missing something?

Well, again, maybeI'm missing something but, first of all, there is no Canon HDV 30F preset in CS3. And when I do a search, I find only a preset download for Premiere 2.0
CS3 comes with presets for 1080i 30fps but it's not the same as the Canon HDV 30F as far as I can tell. That means when you import from a Canon XH, for example, the footage needs to be rendered when it's dragged into the timeline.

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