Lossless import of H.264 into FCPX

Apologies in advance for what is probably a very beat-to-death topic, but my search skills are eluding me terribly tonight.
I want to know the most lossless way to import H.264 video into FCPX for editing and finalizing.  The final format will be for Vimeo or maybe 1080 youtube.
I don't care too much about ease of editing.  My primary goal is to preserve the quality of the video.  The video is sitting on the camera and was shot at the highest quality setting.
Thanks in advance.  If this topic is indeed overbaked, just point me to the threads. 

Thanks Tom.  In my simple mind, it is counter-intuitive to think that transcoding will actually be more lossless than keeping it in 264.  But you seem to be right well over 99% of the time and this is undoubtedly no exception.  I will try it this weekend and see what I find.
Thanks again
ETA:  woops I accidentally "helped" my own response when I meant to click help on your response....

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