Quality loss and blurriness when imported to iMovie from Sony Handycam

I have a Sony Carl Zeiss Lens 40x Optical Zoom Handycam. The quality is crystal clear on the camera..but once it is imported into iMovie, it becomes somewhat distorted. Please help! I need to upload this video to Youtube ASAP.. I'm already past my deadline. Thanks in advance

Hi
Sony Carl Zeiss Lens 40x Optical Zoom Handycam - Yes but this referes to many different types.
What Sony Camera do You use ? e.g. TRV-900E, PC-330 or ?
How was it set to record ? 4x3 SD-Video (as on old CRT-TVs or 16x9 or HD or what ?
My Camera can record to Memory-Card when in Photo mode - and these movies are in a very low quality just to be small enough to add to an e-mail. Can this be what You've done ?
Yours Bengt W

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