Converting Nikon D4 files to FCP

Howdy,
I know some of you must be using fcp or imovie to edit footage from the D4, My question is this are you converting the .mov files over to pro res or any other friendly edit code? and if you are what are you using??? when i research this on the web i keep getting these stand alone converters. are any of them good??
as i type this i am waiting for imovie to import my files and it is taking days!!!! (why? time date stamp feature, if you know the FCP work around, i will kiss you)
i have ok experience with video editing, but it always been dv and capturing, digital video clips is totally new to me.
i have FCP 7, imovie 09, was toying with getting FCP X.
thanks

MOV video format came from Nikon D4 is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format. So you will not playback or edit smoothly the highly compressed MOV on your Mac with FCP 6/7 or FCP X. You need to convert the 1080p HD MOV footage off your Nikon D4 to prores422 mov with Mac Nikon D4 MOV Converter for FCP 6/7 or FCP X.

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how to convert nikon files to jpg

To see Specs for ViewNX 2:
http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/software/viewnx2/spec.htm
To Download, if it looks like it may work for you:
http://nikonimglib.com/nvnx/
{says "free download" but don't know if there's a catch}
For more information about the Download, specs, and details
for Macintosh see english North/South American download page:
http://nikonimglib.com/nvnx/index_en_nsa.html#os-macintosh
PS: if you get that, and find it crashes, see threads such as this:
Nikon Capture NX2 crashes when opening image
{thought the original poster could read all contents here... if not, sorry}
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oharaphoto wrote:
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