Converting MOD files for FCP - what compression?

I've been given lots of MOD (and MOI) files to edit. I realise I need to convert these to quicktime MOV files before I can import them into FCP, and I will be using MPEG Streamclip to do this.
The question is what compression should I use? h.264, Apple DV PAL, the list is endless. The end result will be exported for the web.
If it helps, the footage was recorded on a Canon FS-200.

Here is a link to the Nick Holmes tutorial on MPEG Streamclip
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2059475&tstart=0
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