Log & Transfer Captures Every Other Clip

Mac OS 10.6.7
FCP 6.0.6
Trying to Log & Transfer AVCHD footage from a SDXC card. When I batch "Add the Selection to Queue", the status bar goes through the process as if it was capturing all the clips. However, only every other clip shows up in the FCP bin and on the Media Drive.
Would appreciate any help as in the middle of production and need to off load some video so I can reformat for more shooting.
I shot the footage on a Panasonic AG-AF100 (5). Log and Transfer worked beautifully the first several imports. Just noticed this yesterday for the first time.
thanks,

Did you ever reprt this as a possible bug?
You should use the "Feedback" page : http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html
or better still, the Radar Bug reporting page (preferebale because it affords you some degree of feedback from Apple on the status of the bug investigaion, but you'll need to create free developer account to use the system) : https://bugreport.apple.com/

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