Import Sony HXR-nx70 to imovie

Can anyone tell me if you can import Sony HXR-NX70 Footage directly to imovie before I spend thousands of pounds buying a camera that is incompatible?
Im worried that I will have to use a conversion programme or other expensive software to convert NX70 video footage to the correct format for Imovie

The best way to do this is to take a SD card out of your camera and insert it into a card reader. Then you can import directly from the camera. Do this for all future movies you shoot. There is no need for a third party converter. You can also connect your camera via USB and import directly from the camera. In this case, you need to hook up your camera to AC power, not batteries only.
If the only copies you have of your mts files have been removed from the camera and are out of context (you did not preserve all the folders from the camera), then your best bet is to use a converter. The two that I hear most often are ClipWrap and Voltaic HD.

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Welcome to the Support Communities!
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I may end up buying the camera in the UK (where I spend most of my time, and shoot two thirds of my projects). Ideally, I wanted a camera that was switchable, i.e. would work for both US client and UK client projects 60 hz / 50 hz respectively. So I was exploring whether if I bought a camera in the UK, that was NOT switchable, I would be able to shoot 25 fps / 50 hz hz and still create content that works for US client projects that are WEB DELIVERY ONLY. (My understanding is that the problem comes in if the final video is displayed on a television in the US if it is shot at 50 hz instead of 60 hz, and that for web delivery and viewing on a computer monitor there is not a problem.).
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*First: it sounds like you are not importing to iMovie, it sounds like you are trying to browse to the clips. That may not work.*
Ok - I was trying to import and also to view directly on the camcorder (but not at the same time). It was maybe 2 questions rolled into one so apologies if that was confusing...
*Second:You have SD and HD mixed, All of the SD has to be imported before any HD can be imported according to the manual.*
So what would I do, import SD movies first, and then delete it to then import HD specifically? Or do I just import SD and then import HD separately without deleting SD footage from the camcorder?
*Third point: The clips can be on the hard drive or the card. The camera has to be set to the media with the clips you want to import. If you recorded to the card, then switched to the hard drive, you won't be able to import the card video until you switch back.*
I dont have a card at the moment - only using the HDD.
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I dont see much point in the card reader at the moment as the HDD is 120GB whereas I assume memory sticks only go to 8GB or so max...
*I hope I have been of some help.*
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