Sony Camcorder with MacBook

I just bought a Sony DCR-DVD108 camcorder. I connect it via USB and it comes up as a blank DVD. I can't get any videos off from it. I have tried sticking the mini DVD in the slot drive (bad idea, but I got it out.). Just trying to find advice on how I can get my videos into my MacBook for editing with iMovie. thanks!!

iMovie (and Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro) are applications that work with DV camcorders. Your Sony is not a DV camcorder. A standard DV camcorder would have a FireWire connection (that's part of the DV standard). Saving files to a mini DVD is not part of the DV standard. A quick search of the iMovie forums (since you didn't mention exactly which version of iMovie you were going to be using) seems to indicate that it's not directly compatible.
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