Presets for 720p 60 and 1080p 30?

I'm trying to figure out the correct project presets in Premere Elements 8 to use for video created using a Contour HD camcorder.  The files it produces are .mov files using the H.264 codec with AAC audio.  The camcorder will output either 720p at 30 or 60fps or 1080p at 30fps.
I have been able to edit the 720p 30fps files using the HDV 720p 30 preset with fairly good results.  However, looking through the list of project presets I'm not sure what to choose for 720p 60 or 1080p 30.  Is there a way to be able to edit these formats in PE8?

If I go that route, I'm assuming that I would lose video quality since I would be converting to a format that has a lower resolution.  I would like to keep the videos in HD quality if possible.
After doing some more digging, I came across this post that provided additional presets for progressive video formats:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2694134#2694134
Using the preset for "AVCHD Full HD 1080p 30" I was able to directly import a 1080p file from my camcorder, edit it, and export it as a 1080p .mp4 file.  I think this should do the trick and allow me to edit my videos without converting them first.
Is this the best way to do this, or would there still be some benefit to doing an external conversion first?  Is there any drawback to selecting either AVCHD or HDV as the project format when the source files are not either of those formats?  Things seem to be working correctly now, but I suppose I would like to understand what is actually going on to avoid future headaches.
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