Jerky videos with 30 fps not ideal for Europe with 25 fps?

When I edit a video (720p 30fps) from my compact camera, Sony WX1, on the iMovie, the rendered video seems to be jerky. (especially if I follow a subject with the camera)
When I edit a video (1080i 50fps) from my Sony Video camera, the edited video looks fine.
Is this effect due to the fact that my video is rendered with 25 fps for European TV.
Does anybody have a solution to my problem?
Should I rather buy a compact camera that records with 25 or 50 fps instead of 30 fps?
Any support is appreciated.

I'm seeing similar problems as you when using my wife's digital stills camera (Canon IXUS 80IS). This records AVI video (640 x 480) at 30 fps. As I'm also in PAL country, I normally use the PAL 25fps setting for my iMovie '11 projects, which are mostly imported from my Sony HDR-SR7 AVCHD camcorder (PAL).
However, to avoid the jerkiness when creating projects from the Canon footage, I now use the NTSC 30fps setting for clips from that camera. The exported project plays flawlessly on my MacBook Pro and also through my Western Digital TV Live HD Media Player connected to an LCD HD TV. When burning a DVD in iDVD you can choose to encode as PAL 25fps or NTSC 30fps. However I've found that the NTSC version doesn't always work with some DVD player/TV connections. So you will still see jerkiness if burning PAL versions, but these DVDs will at least work with all PAL equipment.
If you don't intend burning DVDs but simply wish to view by other means (for example, computer, media player or web) it's quite OK to use the NTSC 30fps setting for your projects. These will play fine on sites such as YouTube, Facebook, MobileMe Gallery and similar places.
John

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