I filmed in 1080 and I had the same problem with the strange dropout.
I have report this dropout to devbugs@apple.com:
After I Log & Transfered the AVCHD footage from my Panasonic AG-HMC151e I noticed on a few clips this strange dropout was appearing. I shot the footage in 1080/50i and it looks fine when I play it in the camera. However after I convert the footage to pro res 422 the drop out appeared on the same two clips.
When I use VoltaicHD to tranfer the drop outs are not there, and when I look the material in the camera its all right too. I can’t use proRess with VoltaicHD only AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec).
Get the following answer:
This is a follow up to Bug ID# 6317156. After further investigation it has been determined that this is a known issue, which is currently being investigated by engineering. This issue has been filed in our bug database under the original Bug ID# 6207034. The original bug number being used to track this duplicate issue can be found in the State column, in this format.