Does any camcorder work with imovie???

I recently received a Sony Handycam DCR-R45 and it does not work with my computer. I am running imovie '06 and considered upgrading to '08 but after reading all the woes on here about the sony handycam i'm thinking of returning it. Does anyone have a camcorder that works well with a mac? I am only using it to take video of my 12 month old! This really shouldn't be so hard! PLEASE HELP!!!!

[These cameras work with iMovie 08|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1014]
Your camera is not on the list, so I would take it back.
Nothing will work with iMovie 06 except miniDV (tape) and HDV (tape) through Firewire.

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