Upgrading DigiStills camera so movies can be imported to imovie with audio

Hi
I currently have a Sony Digi stills camera that shoots little movies in mpeg 1 muxed format that are great BUT imovie won't allow me to import the audio into imovie HD (wrong format!)
Can anyone recomend or tell me where to find a list of digi stills cameras that WILL allow me to shoot short film clips and import the results into imovie with audio intact.
Or failing that let me know what formats are supported so i can check before buying another stills camera
many thanks
SSH

I have a Sony Cybershot that also takes movies like yours. They will import into iPhoto as little Quick Time movies with audio intact. I just open them in iPhoto, press the "record" button on my iMovie audio microphone, then start the Quick Time movie. I have to cut and line up the audio to match the video in iMovie, but it's the best solution I can come up with thus far. Anyone come up with anything easier?
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