ICloud Photo Library and iPhoto/Time Capsule

Ok, so I'm thinking about getting a Time Capsule.  I use iCloud Photo Library and also use iPhoto to sync my photos to my Macbook.  I have the storage optimizer turned on in iCloud Photo Library.
That being said, let's say that I sync my iPhone to my Macbook and import my photos into iPhoto.  Presumably, this is only going to import the photos in the storage-optimized resolution, correct?  My goal here is to have my full-resolution photos backed up both to iCloud as well as iPhoto/Time Capsule.  Is there any way to do that other than to turn off the size optimization?  The big problem problem I see with that is that when my phone gets full and I have to clear off the photos, this clears them from iCloud as well and I'm left with only the Time Capsule backup.
Am I wrong or have they kind of made these two products somewhat incompatible?  Is this something that's going to be addressed with the new Photos app for OSX, where you can download the original resolution files from iCloud into Photos and then back up?

Yes, the photos will still stream from My Photo Stream to iPhoto on your Mac, even with iCloud Photo Library Beta enabled. Like before, the camera.app needs to be closed and the device connected to Wi-Fi, and properly charged.
You can see the photos also using the iCloud home page from the Photos.app Beta at  iCloud.com .

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