Poor still images

I import still images from Photos Browser in FCP 10.0.8.
Unfortunately the image quality is poor. You can see it in lines that should be linear is distorted and generally somewhat blurry appearance.
I have done this is a lot of earlier projects with no problem at all. The difference now is that the project setting is 1080i HD (tried both 25i and 29,97i). Earlier projects has been in 1080p.
Any suggestions what to do?

I have now uploaded two still photos (in fact print screens from my mac):
This one http://www.flickr.com/photos/76312650@N03/8695704633/in/photostream/ is within a video with preferences 1920x1080i 29,97i
This one http://www.flickr.com/photos/76312650@N03/8695706065/in/photostream/ is within a video with preferences 1920x1080p 29,97p
If you look close you will see that the "i-photo" (the first one) has jagged lines on the rights side of the arch, which the other photo don't have. The quality is generally poorer,  though you can't see much difference on the Flickr photos.
I have tried the whole sequence (stills and video) in all formats/settings. The photos above is from the same originals.
The bad quality is seen in the the viewer even before exporting, both in 55%, 100% and in full screen mode (of course more visible in larger screens).
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