Importing from digital 8mm camera to imac.

I want to import a heap of movies from an 8mm camera to my imac. I know that imovie will handle the process but I have limited hard drive space. Can I go straight to an external hard drive? Alternatively, can I import to imovie, then move/cut-paste for bringing back in and editing later?
One more thing, can I delete the full movie files I have imported into imovie once I have taken the bits I want and put them into a project without mucking up the project or does it have to stay there until the project is completed?
Regards, Phil.

Hi Phil,
http://www.ehow.com/how_7700007_convert-mm-video-cassette-digital.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3790956?start=0&tstart=0

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