XDCAM Workflow?

Hi!
I work with XDCAM 422 footage mostly, i shoot with a PMW-200.
I edit in Premiere Pro CC. I transfer the material before editing to an external harddrive and then import the files from there and then start edit. Is this a good workflow?
I read that one of the benefits since Premiere Pro CS6 was that you could just start edit without any conversions?
Some people says that you need to convert to get it smoother in edit, but i haven´t experienced any problems with my workflow. I think it is smooth even if I edit with the Raw footage so to speak.
Do you have any other ideas? I mean to convert it to another format?
It would be great to hear your thoughts!
Regards
Jens

Thanks Jeff!
I do copy the entire content from the memory card when I'm importing the footage. ALWAYS. Then I transfer it to hard drive and then import it from the Media Browser.
I don´t see the problem in editing natively since Premiere Pro CC can handle that.
One strange thing i have recognised is that I´ll get a error message when i try to import the clips directly into the project window from the Media Browser, but when I Drag n´Drop the clips from the Media Browser onto the Project Window I don´t get that error message. I should also say that even if i´ll get that error message it´s nothing wrong, it is working fine.
But if you should receive for example 4K/2K-footage maybe you have to convert it to another format?
Regards
Jens

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