The best format for import to AE?

I am working on a music video shot in AVCHD (60i). I need to export some shots to AE for compositing. In the old SD days, I would export as Quicktime using the Animation codec. But nowadays, with HD, these files are 6GB or more in size when rendered, and they are hard to work with on my system.
I am wondering what would be a good format/codec to use to export clips from Premiere for use in AE. Keep in mind, I want to retain as much quality as possible, but still be able to work with the files comfortably.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks all.

I find the Dynamic Link option to be slow on my system
You can always render inside of PP to get smoother playback during editing.
what other format might you recommend to get that combination of immaculate compression and reasonable size
On the PC, both Lagarith and UT codecs are free and lossless*.  Both work inside of PP.  As you're using these only for previewing purposes, a codecs status as an "industry standard" is irrelevant.
*Take note than neither ProRes nor DNxHD are lossless.

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