Capturing with Canon 7d footage CONFUSION

I am having some confusion with mpeg stream clip and the EOS plug in. I just need some questions answered.
1. Is there anything else I need to buy to to transfer clips onto my computer to keep full quality?
2. Is it normal to use the USB plug in (that comes with the camera) to upload all clips into IPHOTO, then import the clips to mpegstreamclip OR EOS plug in?
3. Do I need a card reader?
4. Which is better/faster mpegstreamclip or EOS plug in?
5. When I do import a clip how do I know what I filmed it as EXAMPLE- Was in 60fps, 24fps, etc. I tend to forget how I originally filmed each clip.
6. How does log and transfer work and come into play?
Overall I would greatly appreciate and detailed walkthrough.

Hi Kenji,
1 Yes - you'll need a SDHC card reader
2 No - use a card reader and the EOS plugin
3 see 1
4 Haven't used MPEG streamclip for this, always used the EOS plugin
5 See 6
6 Once you have a card reader and the EOS plugin installed just open the log and transfer window and you'll see your clips. Just select the clips you want to transfer. You can see what fps you used once captured in the browser window.
Couple of useful sites:
http://philipbloom.net/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fqTxX1zamo
http://ninofilm.net/blog/ (more 550D info here but still useful)
Hope that helps,
Tim

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