Panasonic VDR-D100 DVD Camcorder

Hi
How to get a Panasonic VDR-D100 DVD Camcorder to work on a mac x 10.4.10

Thank you thank you thank you!
Someone who has managed this! But I still can't do it! I've used Video mode, finalised disc, attached USB lead, set camera to playback mode, open iMovie 08 and still can't import the video. DVD player starts, so I exit it. But i still can't get video onto mac.
Got iMovie 08 this week just for this!
Any help you can offer?

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Hi. Welcome.
Well, that particular camcorder is not on the supported list:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1014
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