FCP Easy settings for panasonic AG-AF100

What is the proper easy setup settings? I'm new to FCP and my camera Panasonic AG AF100.
I shot AVCHD HD1080p30. What should I use for easy set up?
Also, if I shot other clips in 108024p would I need to change anything in set-up or will it do this automatically?
Thanks so much for your advice.

Here's a tutorial for tapeless ingest in FCP 7. ALL tapeless ingest. The footage from the AF-100 will come in as ProRes.
Tapeless Workflow for FCP 7 Tutorial
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