Import from Olympus E-PL1?

How do I adjust my easy setup before importing from my Olympus E-PL1 camera? The manual says it's a HD(720p)camera, but I can't find a good setting. The movies look good in the viewer but blurry and bad after exporting.
Any tips?

Wait. I just realized a little problem. You're in Norway. This camera shoots in a non-standard frame rate, one used neither in North America or Europe. I assumed because the camera shoots 30fps, you'd want to convert to 29.97, which is the frame rate used in North America and Japan. However, if you want to use your video on a television set, you'd need to convert to 25fps. This is a problem. 30fps to 29.97fps is basically the same frame rate, just a touch slower. 30 to 25 means frame interpolation has to be done and this is not so easy and doesn't always look so great. So before we get into what you use in FCE you'll need to figure out where you're going with this video. In FCE you'd use an easey setp that matched your media HDV AIC 720p30 (actually 29.97) or 720p25.

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http://upit.jtw.dk/dl/q29/
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Hi and welcome to the forum
You are right, your camera is not supported....http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html
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