Red camera and FCP 5

is there any way to shoot using the RED camera and import the footage or transform the footage into QT then import, into FCP 5?

Not FCP 5.
You need FCP 6.
Might check:
http://reduser.net/forum/index.php
Specifically:
http://reduser.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18
and a post similar to yours:
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22911

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