High quality format conversion for .mod files?

I'm using MPEG Streamclip to convert .mod files to formats acceptable to FCE 3.0. I've tried a few dozen possibilities, but the files are either unreasonably huge (687 MB for 23 seconds of video) or of poor quality. Does anyone know of a high quality format that requires something on the order of 3.6 MB/min? A previous post (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4815749&#4815749) recommends DV or HDV, but MPEG Streamclip gives many options for DV. Any help would be much appreciated.

They come from a Panasonic SDR-H200. The .mod clip in MPEG Streamclip looks great. Here's the information MPEG Streamclip gives for the clip:
Type: MPEG program stream
Duration: 0:00:23
Data Size: 12.48 MB
Bit Rate: 4.45 Mbps
Video Tracks:
224 MPEG-2, 704 × 480, 4:3, 29.97 fps, 9.54 Mbps, upper field first
Audio Tracks:
128 AC3 2/0, 48 kHz, 256 kbps
Stream Files:
MOV001.MOD (12.48 MB)

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