How to export from iMovie back to my Sony camera ?

HI,
If anyone can help me I would be very lucky...
I just bought a Sony HDR-HC9 Full HD 1080 mini DV camera.
I have transfer (firewire) my records into my iMac via iMovie...and have cut some peaces to reduce the recorded time...etc...
*Now I would like to transfer/export back from iMovie into the camera on the mini DV support.*
Can anyone tell me how to proceed...? Or is it just unpossible or shall I buy another software ?
Thanks in advance to all...
Kind regards.
Thweb

Not possible in iMovie 08. This also from a very reliable source:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1507442&tstart=30
You can do this though with iMovie HD6 and with a cam such as yours, you will most likely get better video quality in your end product and also have a better editing suite to work with, if you use HD6 instead of 08. iMovie HD6 was made to give the best results from High Def miniDV cams like yours. iMovie 08 uses single field processing of the video, which basically tosses out half of the video info in a frame.
You can get a free download of iMovie HD6 at the Apple downloads site, if you don't already have it.
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