IMovie 11 import playback speed 2x

I'm using iMove 11 on my MacBook pro 15 inch. Importing video from a panasonic pv-gs400. Fist video clip import plays back at 1x speed. All subsequent clips imported in the same import session are 2x. Playback on camcorder and Mac is 1x during import.
I can manually import each clip and will get correct 1x speed on playback. If I try to import multiple clips in one session I get 2x playback for all but first clip.
Please help.

not from a camera...all itema are still pictures in the video....with transitions between the pictures

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I dont see much point in the card reader at the moment as the HDD is 120GB whereas I assume memory sticks only go to 8GB or so max...
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