Workflow for 4k footage from Canon C500/AJA Ki Pro Quad

Can FCP 7 import 4k footage from the AJA Ki Pro Quad?
What we're doing is shooting simultaneously on 1080 and 4k, and keeping the best stuff on 4k and dumping the rest. We will continue to edit in 1080 and just keep a library of 4k for now with the hope that in the future a new version of Final Cut comes out so we can leapfrog X. (We shoot mostly wildlife so shelf life is important for our stock.) So while I don't expect to process or even edit the 4k material in FCP7, can it at least do a file transfer or is there a better way to do this?
Thank you.

You may want to take a look at Adobe Premiere Pro, which gives you 4K support in a familiar, FCP-7 like editing paradigm.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-at-ibc-2013/adobe-premiere-pro-cc-ultra-hd4kray- support/
Premiere Pro has added the functionality of being able to change Sequence Settings (frame size, frame rate and codec, etc.) at any time - allowing you to edit in Pro Res, then switch the same sequence to your acquisition source material.
MtD

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