Canon Vixia M500 Compatability

Is anyone using the Canon Vixia M500 with Final Cut Pro-X? I see that it is not on the compatability list.
Many thanks.

A friend of mine has the M300 that I've worked with a few times. Seems to work just fine in FCPX. I imported media from an Archive (same file structure as what's on the camera.) So if you import directly from the camera (and transcode for optimized and optionally proxy upon import) you should be fine.
PS - Apple is improving compatibilities all the time; not all cameras are on the list. Mine aren't, and in the beginning, I had to transcode 1080 footage in another app first (720/60p imported without issue). Now, FCPX imports the files just fine.

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