Imovie HD will not import from my Sony HDV-FX1

Please Help.
I have an IMAC G5 running with OS X 10.4.3, and I'm using a new Sony HDR-FX1 camera. The first 3 movies I made worked great, but yesterday I tried importing video and now it won't import or even display. Imovie displays (HD-1080i-30) after the movie title on the top bar, when I plug in my HD camera. I can control the camera with the play, stop, fast forward and rewind buttons, and even though I see the video on my camera it won't import. If I put an old non HD tape into the camera I can get it to import, (after changing the camera settings).
I've repeatedly tried the Garage band fix, but to no effect. I've also tried my old, non-hd camera, which works fine.
I also tried resetting my imovie plist as suggested on another post.
Is Apple acknowledging this problem?

I figured out what happened,
I somehow turned the "i.link conv" on my camera to "on(HDV-DV)", when I switched it back to OFF all my problems went away. OOPS!, Sorry!

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