Video quality dropping when saving in Imovie08

Hello,
I've recently bought a Canon Hv30 Videocamera, and when recording in 25p and normal mode, It looks really good when i load it in to Imovie08, but when the movie is finished at I convert it to a quicktime file, the quality drops considerably.
Do I need some codecs or a better program?
- Elias

In the "Export using QuickTime" window, there is an options button next to the pull-down menu ("Movie to QuickTime movie") at the bottom. After you click on it, click on the Video button and you can set the compression level for your finished movie. No compression will mean the sharpest picture but also the largest file size.

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