Trouble using imovie

Can the apple ipad 2 with the new imovie app edit movies that are saved onto the ipad but not under that camera roll application. Or is there another way around it. Or is there a converter I can use.

Hi
but there IS a firewire on the mac side.
Then use a 4-pin to 9-pin (FW800) Cable
I got one - Works Greatly
from Google:
Here You see the 4-pin and the 9-pin - How they looks like.
Yours Bengt W

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    Yours Bengt W

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