HT3395 Is this still a problem using iMovie 11 ?

I see the Sony HDR-SR11 is on the supported cameras list but has this note on stabilization.
Am looking for a good quality digital video camera to use with my iMac.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks

It is still an issue, but in iMovie 11, you can run an analysis function to correct for rolling shutter so it is somewhat mitigated.
Almost ALL consumer level camcorders these days use CMOS chips because they are so much cheaper than CCD chips, so unless you spend a lot of money, you are going to have this issue with any camera.
Sony cameras are as good as any. If you stick with Sony, Canon, Panasonic you are in the mainstream of good cameras. Pick an AVCHD camera that stores to SDHC card. iMovie will not import 60P but 30P and 25P work well in iMovie. If you buy a camcorder that shoots 60P, make sure it has a 30P mode as well. 60i and 30i work fine, but if I were buying a new camera, I would look for one that shoots in Progressive mode (like 30P).
See this section of iMovie 11 Help.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3af11c9f

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(when prompted to save the project's changes when
quitting, I said NO, don't save changes).
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