FCP Log and transfer doesn't read all my SD cards

Hello geniuses around the world!
I'm L-and-T-ing from SDHC cards with HD footage from a Panasonic HMC151 into the latest FCP.
Everything is working fine for 6 of my 8 SD cards... 2 of them won't transfer.
NONE of the cards will drag and drop straight to the L&T window, I've not been able to drop any files straight into it, but it will register from 6 of the SD cards fine. The other two wont go in whatever I try.
I've made new disk images to a hard drive and tried loading it from there, works fine for 6 of 8 cards.
I can view the info on the two "bad" cards fine in finder, and movist, but no way of getting it into FCP.
I'm trying to meet a deadline. Please help!
Thanks in advance.

I've no direct experience, just have questions with gut hunches...
Tried a disk image, right?
Same camera shot all the cards?
How large are the errant cards? Are they new? have you successfully used them in the past?
Do you have recovery software such as Data rescue II?
Seems to me it's likely not software, but a bad recording on a card somehow. Ugh. I'm just guessing however. I hope I'm wrong.
I'll sos this around.
Welcome to the forum, by the way.
Is there software you need to install to mount those cards in FCP?
Jerry
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