FIRST TIME EDITING IN HD...A LITTLE CONFUSED

I've been reading up on everything regarding the settings to set in FCP 6 to begin an edit. I shot footage on a SONY HVR @ 1080i 60 24fps. What I'm confused about is when I go to Easy Setup, I select HDV for Format, then All Rates for Rates; this where I get confused....there are choices for HDV - 1080i60 or 1080i60 FireWire Basic or 1080p24(no 1080ip24) or 1080p24 or 1080p24 FireWire Basic. Which one to use?? I was toying with the Apple Intermediate Codec and the Apple ProRes 422, but don't think that's the way to go. HELP! Any suggestions??

Hello,
Actually, you did find the right setup. With your HDV camera (and anyone can jump in here as always) it says that the setting is capturing 24p or 24a, whatever it is, but it is really capturing at 60i. It is working with the pulldown to give the "24 look". So the Easy Setup for "HDV 1080i 60" is actually what you need. But most people on the boards will tell you about FCP being finicky about HDV footage. So after you capture it, you may want to conform it to something else in Compressor like ProRes. It takes up more space but is a lot easier to work with.
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