Log and Transfer: Jittery Footage with AVCHD

I have a Canon HFS10, and I'm importing the footage to FCP 7. Whatever codec I select, the footage shows jittery banding (don't know the pro term) on any kind of movement. Oddly, the least problems occur with Apple 422 Proxy, which, as I understand it, is an offline codec. I have a feeling there's some setting somewhere I'm overlooking. I've fiddled with all the Log and Capture preferences: Plain Stereo etc. I'm in the UK, so my footage is PAL. I'm using Canon's MXP setting for shooting the footage, which is the highest setting: 1,920x1,080 res., but I get the same problem with the FXP setting, too. The footage plays back fine on the camcorder, and even in the log & transfer preview window.
Can anybody help? Tearing my hair out here, and there's not a lot of it left.

Actually, I may have found the solution. I've changed the camcorder's recording rate from 50p to 25fps, and now the footage imports beautifully. I don't know if this has affected the quality of the footage in any way, but it doesn't seem to have done so. I've a feeling it's something to do with interlacing. Any tech input would be appreciated.

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