Why does HDV ProRes422 import as 8-bit?

Just wondering...when checking the 'internal pixel format' in Setup/User Prefs, only 8-bit is highlighted and all others are ghosted (except floating point). My original footage is HDV (8-bit native) but I digitized it as ProRes422 via a Kona LHe card. According to the Kona folks, this is supposed to allow me to process the footage in a 10-bit workflow, which would be ideal for Color. My timeline settings seem to be in order, so why isn't Color seeing this as 10-bit material, after the sequence is sent from my from my FCP timeline? Thoughts? Anecdotes? Bueller?

You're right about the LHe handling full HD to ProRes conversion. We run a Quad with an LHe and a RAID50 SCSI setup and capture 1080i/50 via HD SDI to ProRes422 HQ (230 Mbps) without problems.
Our original Quad, and a 2nd recent purchase, have the G5 ATI X1900 cards (ex OWC) to replace the single Nvidia 4500 that with Color 1.0 was limited to 8 bit, although I think it's a bit faster than the G5 ATIs - with 8-bit or FP being the only really options we need, I think I'd have the 4500 back in both given the choice. But the ATIs are workable enough.

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