Settings in sequence

Two questions about settings in Sequence:
I record in HDV Progressive.
FCP: easy setup: 1080p25 (europe).. I upload the footages. Than when editting (putting the footages on the timeline) FCP asked me: "For best performance your sequence and external video should be set to the format of the clips youare editting.. Change sequence settings to match te clip settings ... I answer "" yes".
Frame size: 1440x1080
Vid Rage 25
compressor HDV 1080i50 (this is confusing me!)
Field dominance upper
Question 1 is: If i record in progress and the easy setup is 1080p25.. should the sequence take over this settings?
Question 2 is: when I do this, my footages have a lot of interlacing. What do I do wrong here?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
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I called the Sony.. as I have an HDV HVR V1 camera. They said if the settings of the camera is progressive, than it will be the 1080p25 setting. Thats why I am confused as FCP change the setting into 1080i50.
Because of that answer, I am confused.. see question 1. My setting of the sequence is 1080p25 but when putting the footages on timeline the sequence jumps back to 1080i50.I have changed the field domincance into none.. but that doesnt change that 1080i50 into 1080p25.
And what do you think re question 2? Strange eh, those interlacing
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