Using Camcorder as Mic via FireWire

I am shooting a video podcast and I want to use an extra camcorder (that has a decent mic) to record the audio.
This enables me to place the mic closer to those speaking.
Currently I am capturing live with iMovie, then detaching the audio from the captured video, and putting it on top of the video from my second camera. But this takes up a bunch of drive space and takes a long time.
Is there a way I can capture audio only from this camcorder (Optura Xi), and not video? Also, any suggestions for cheap microphones that capture spoken word well? I was looking at the blue snowball..
Thanks!

I'm pretty sure that iMovie only allows for capturing picture and sound at the same time, but there could be a setting hiding somewhere. Did you post your question in the iMovie discussion as well?
Final Cut Pro will let you adjust your capture setting to get picture and/or sound.
QuickTime Player 7 with the QuickTime Pro key will enable the "New Audio Recording" under the File menu. If you have FCP, then you have QuickTime Pro. If you only have iMovie, you'll have to purchase a QuickTime Pro key from the Apple Online Store.
You could also search online for freeware or shareware that can do this.
Report back on what you find that works with how you're working.
-Warren

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