Sony 8mm Handycam vs. Canopus 110

I am importing 8mm and Hi8mm tapes into Imovie 11.  I am using the Sony Hi8 camera for the import.  Is there any reason to consider passing through a Canopus 110 to enhance the video quality?  The ultimate goal is to burn DVD's.

Great!
Just a couple of things: you can have both versions of iMovie installed at the same time.
Happily this is easily achieved, but it has to be done backwards.
Delete iMovie 11 (just drag it to the trash). Now install iMovie 6 from the iLife 6 install disks. Update it via Software Update to iMovie 6.0.3.
Now re-install iMovie 11. This automatically moves iMovie 6 into a folder it creates in your Applications folder called iMovie Previous Version.
Then reinstall iMovie 11.
iMovie 6 works great with iDVD 7.
Now you have them both, and you can have both in the Dock as well.
Alternatively you could try this method, suggested by poster Uitech:
Open a terminal and type "touch /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iLife011.plist"
(No quotes)
Install iMovieHD6 from the iLife 6 install disk.
This works with both Leopard and Snow Leopard Macs.

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