Must videos always be imported via Aperture 3?

I am a complete novice on iMovie so my queries will seem a bit simple.
I have a Kodak PlaySport camera, and when I plug it into my MacBook Aperture 3 loads up and the clips are imported to that application. Is this the only way I can import videos? Or is there a way I can send them straight to iMovie?
TIA
Peter

Hi -
I own the Kodak Xi8 which I believe is the non-ruggedized version of your camera. In my case, iPhoto will open when the camera is plugged in.
What I do is to quit iPhoto without importing.
Then I go to iMovie and go to the menu File > Import and select Movies.
I then navigate to the hard disk NO NAME and drill down through the folder DCIM until I see the individual movie files.
I select them all choose the drive destination and click Import.
The clips now appear in iMovie.
Hope this helps.
Message was edited by: Meg The Dog

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