Recording canon xm2 directly to laptop

Hi there.
I was wondering if any of you would help me with the following query:
'what is the the down side of recording directly onto a laptop using a canon xm2 via firewire.
Martin.

I have the same question too. I just did a test and it seems as if you can record with the video camera attached to your computer and set up with iMovie '08. You click the Open Import Window, wait to make sure your camera is recognized in the Camera/Record Mode. Click the Import button, select where you want to save the event. After you click OK, the recording will start. You click Done to stop the recording. I'm still experimenting with it, but that seems to be how it works.

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