I'm having problems importing a movie from my Panasonic Lumix DCM-ZS1 to iMovie

Hi, I'm new to mac and I have a Panasonic Lumix DCM-ZS1.
When I import my movies to iPhoto, the clips play perfectly, but when I try to open them with iMovie, they look very dark. The only solution I've found so far is to open them with Quicktime and export the video as m4v it can be opened in iMovie without a problem. I think it might have to do with a codec or something like that.
Here's a video of the problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juYmsH7nXAw
Thanks in advance for your answers.

You don't need the Clip Browser...just get the Log and Transfer plugin and use FCP to import. I have a workflow here, with links to the software you need:
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If you use the CLip Browser, you need to use IT to convert the footage to Quicktime, then bring the QT files into FCP.
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