Why is AVCHD 25p clips imported in as 25i ?

Hi there,
On the video recorder, I set my video settings to 1920 x 1080 25p.
When I ingest in FCPX, I selected "create optimized media".
Then in the browser, when i select the clip & goto the info tab, it says my clip is 1920 x 1080 25i.
But in the codec, it says AVCHDi50
Is there a bug in FCPX 10.1 ?
Thanks

Thanks Ian,
But I think it is more of the FCPX problem rather the camera itself ?
Anyone can help ?
Thanks
Ian R. Brown wrote:
Perhaps I should have said, "most consumer AVCHD is interlaced".
Your GH3 is a high end still camera and the Sony is a pro/semi pro camcorder.
I know nothing about either.

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