I have a Sony HDR-PJ260V camcorder and I use iMovie, is there a way to import my videos in 1080?

Okay, so I'm pretty new to this, and today when I tried to import my videos via iPhoto they got all grainy and stuff.
What should I do to import them on their normal quality?
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-DH

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Good camcorder. But importing hi-def HDV will be -s-l-o-w- on your PowerBook, and especially on your 400 MHz G4 PowerMac.
You really do need at least a Dual G5 or a new Intel-powered machine for importing hi-def in real time, and lots of memory (1GB or more).
Hi-def also uses up much more space on your hard disc than standard-definition 13GB/hour video. So you'll need (a) more space, and (b) more patience!
When hi-def has been imported and edited the only reasonable means to create a hi-def DVD is to use Apple's (expensive) DVD Studio Pro software, or external software and hardware such as a Blu-Ray burner. (No Macs presently come with these ..and your existing Macs certainly don't have them.)
So you can shoot in hi-def with the camera ..but using that hi-def material may be problematic.
HDV isn't too good when you're shooting anything fast-moving (..because of the way the compression works..) so shooting from a pilot's seat in hi-def may give inferior results compared with shooting standard-def! ..It may look a bit sharper, but the detail won't really be there, and it may judder, compared with standard-def.
For fairly static shots, hi-def is much (about 4x) sharper.
So, the camera's good, but you may need to upgrade all the rest of your Mac equipment to match the camera's capability if you use its hi-def features. You can, of course, use the camera in standard-def ..but then that defeats the purpose of spending the money on hi-def, doesn't it..?
NOTE that all miniDV-tape camcorders have a FireWire connection, and so do your two Macs. USB is just for transferring photos, not video. Sony call the FireWire connection either 'DV' or 'i.Link', but it is normal FireWire, nevertheless. You'll also need a separate 4-pin-to-6-pin FireWire/DV/i.Link cable ..Sony doesn't put one in the box with the camcorder ..and I don't think many of the other manufacturers do, either.

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Dear all:
_I own the Sony HDR XR150 camcorder and cannot get my MAC to recognize that my camcorder is connected._
I have a Mac laptop Powerbook G4 and am running OS X version 10.4.11. I have iMOVIE 6.03 (267.2).
When I am in iMOVIE the camcorder is not recognized. :[
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3290
*CAN ANYONE CLUE ME IN AS TO HOW TO GET MY SONY CAMCORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED IN IMOVIE?*

My friend just wrote this to me as a possible solution...
It doesn't surprise me that AVCHD is only supported on Intel machines. Apple tends to stop updating older products/software in favor of their newer lines. To their credit, high compression HD codecs are processor intensive, and older hardware would have a hard time with it.
The camera may have some alternate options for video file type... Check the manual or help docs. Unfortunately, that could mean SD recording rather than HD.
I DON'T KNOW IF MY FRIEND'S INFORMATION MIGHT HELP SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME EVEN BETTER IDEAS AS A SUGGESTION. AVCHD is a high-def video format that allows HD camcorders and some digital cameras to record video at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080. SOUNDS LIKE MY FRIEND IS SAYING IF I DON'T RECORD IN HD ON MY SONY CAMCORDER MAYBE MY IMOVIE WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH IT. BUT MY IMOVIE DOES NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE MY CAMCORDER... SO I DON;T THINK HIS SUGGESTION WILL WORK...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3290#1
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