Problems importing video clips

When I click file- import movies and then try to import from desktop or iPhoto the video clips cannot be chosen- they are grey. I also try clicking the iPhoto video tab inside iMovie and it says no matching video. I have about 20 clips which are mostly QuickTime or from my Sony camera . Thanks for help!

When I click file- import movies and then try to import from desktop or iPhoto the video clips cannot be chosen- they are grey.
This usually indicates the file contains data compressed to a format which cannot be edited by iMovie '08.
I have about 20 clips which are mostly QuickTime or from my Sony camera .
Encapsulated a video in an MOV file container does not guarantee the audio and/or video codecs used to created the file are editable in iMovie '08. Kodak uses an MPEG4/DVI ADPCM combination for many of its digital cameras. While the video can be edited, the audio cannot and must be changed. Sony, on the other hand, uses several variations of muxed MPEG-1 videos for their various models which cannot be edited in its "native" format. They can, however, be converted to formats like DV, AIC, Motion JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264, etc. which can be edited.
ADDED: Looks like you beat me to it, Winston. However, assumed OP was referring to digital cameras here so I went ahead with my post.

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