SANYO FH1A, 2000A, MPEG-4 FILES, & TRANSCODING IN FCE

Is there an effective method for transcoding this camera's files that makes them native to FCE 4.0 so I don't have to render EVERY shot if it's changed in the time line? I have been shooting 1920x1080 60fps HR. Importing them as mpeg 4's, exporting them as quicktime files, then reimporting the file seems to work but I can only do one file at a time and it's time consuming. Is there any way to have the work done before, or as, I import into FCE, like you can log AVCHD files? Seems strange Apple would license their name to SANYO for the camera when the lowest resolution shooting is all that is compatible. Have I purchased the wrong camera for using on FCE? Love the video quality. Hate the pain in the 8&## editing. Apologies if this question has been asked elsewhere. I searched everywhere but could not find an answer.

Apologies. When I wrote uncompressed, I meant I had switched (using STREAMCLIP) to AIC for HD, thinking that was the same thing since the files were no longer mpeg 4. But even in AIC, the file sizes are huge. Should they be that large, or am I doing something else wrong too? And thanks. Your knowledge has already saved me hours of what would have been wasted time. Not related, but what happens to files shot in 60 fps in FCE? Does the quality drop? Is it a waste of time when the footage is transcoded? Does FINAL CUT work with 60 fps, or is the camera technology ahead of the editing software?

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General
Complete name                            : D:\Local\Peter\mpeg2_23_custom.mpg
Format                                   : MPEG-PS
File size                                : 67.3 MiB
Duration                                 : 22s 22ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 25.6 Mbps
Writing library                          : Photodex mpeg encoder
Video
ID                                       : 224 (0xE0)
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP                    : Yes
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=15
Duration                                 : 22s 22ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 25.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Standard                                 : PAL
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.503
Time code of first frame                 : 00:00:00:00
Time code source                         : Group of pictures header
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Writing library                          : Photodex mpeg encoder
Color primaries                          : BT.601 PAL
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.470 System B, BT.470 System G
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Audio
ID                                       : 192 (0xC0)
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 2
Duration                                 : 22s 8ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 224 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
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