List of compatible video camera for Imac

Is the Panasonic Waterproof Dual Camera HX-WA10 compatible with IMAC and IMOVIE....?
I am thinking of replacing my old tap camrecorder with this one....
Thanks to get back to me with your advices
Niarkos

http://panasonic.net/avc/camcorder/dualcamera/product/hxwa10/specifications.html
Yes. The recording format is MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, which can be imported to iMovie.

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from LKN 1935.
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from Karsten.
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jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
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