Panasonic x900, 50FPS with a 30FPS Timeline

I am looking at buying a new video camcorder the panasonic x900, I know it saves files as MTS files and have worked out that clipwrap will be the best to convert these to watchable files, then MPEG stream clip to convert them to AIC for use in final cut to save the Dredded Render. 
My question is that it uses 50 frames per second and I use 30FPS on final cut express (mainly because my GOpro and other camera use 30FPS and I export to DVD and this has worked for me for years)
If I import the footage after MPEG stream clip will it affect the audio on the time line or will it just look better on screen as it uses more frames to get a better definition.

mixing frame rates in the timeline is not a good idea in fcp. 
Here's a user tip on the subject
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4731

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