FCP compatibility with Everio & new HD, HDD video cameras

Hey, I have this beautiful list of hard drive/DVD+R hi def video cameras below. I'm set on the JVC Everio series, but i want to know from my fellow FCP users on how well these new AVCHD based cameras work in Final Cut. And is the 1920x1080 HD footage compressed or uncompressed and will I need to format the footage to DVCPROHD to reduce render times? I currently shoot with a Sony A1U, HDV based video camera and I am editing the 1080i based footage in native HDV on a Dual Core MacBook Pro. I have also converted the footage to DVCProHD on several occassions to reduce render times.
1. Panasonic HDC-SX5
2. Sony HDR-UX7
3. Hitachi DZ-BD7H
4. Canon HR10
5. Samsung SC-HMX10
6. Sony HDR-CX7
7. Panasonic AG-HSC1
8. Sony HDR-SR5
9. Canon HG10
10. JVC GZ-HD3
11. JVC GZ-HD7
12. JVC MG255
13. JVC MG155
14. JVC MG130

HDV is highly compressed, probably compressed more than any other format any camera shoots. The format is an MPEG stream. (takes a long time to render effects etc with it, however FCP 6 improved it a bit. You can capture native via firewire, then render to ProRes faster... it's a setting found in the sequence's settings.
There is a list of qualified devices for FCP here: http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/resources/devicelist.php
Might take a peek there if no one can confirm that your camera of choice works.
Jerry

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