Does a Sony 305 Camcorder need a special cable to connect to iMac

I have a Sony 305 with a USB cable connector to the computer. Is there a way to get the data off of the 8cm mini dvd or camera?

"Did the salesperson tell you that the videos you record directly to DVD are at least 4 times more compressed than if you were using a mini-DV camera, and that in order to edit them you have to demux and uprez to an editable format and then re-compress to MPEG-2 (with a huge quality drop) if you want to get it back onto a DVD?"
He def did not tell me that. He did lead me to believe I could stick the disc right in though. I have not finalized one, but I am doing so now. Just got it last weekend. I make highlight videos of my kid's football team (have used a Sony digital 8 camera for that the last two years). I wanted to have two cameras at my disposal and loved the idea of not having to take the time to capture video. If I do get the video to my desktop, is it timecode-less when done?

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