What HD camcorder works well in I-Movie?
Hello Apple or...I have herd of problems with certain HD camcorders not working well in I-movie. I am thinking of buying the Canon HDV HV-20 (Small one chip 24/60/p camcorder.
Anyone know if this will work in I-movie 6 direct from the Firewire? Or a HD camcorder that works well with the Mac in (I-movie) I’m not sure the quality of a one chip HD camcorder? I have Nemours 3 chip camcorders (the small Panasonic 3 chip) (Sony dsr-200) but these new little HD cameras should have a better picture? Anyone want to share thoughts? I do not want to input into Final Cut/Express, i know you can do all there...just i-movie
Thanks Steve
good question, well the apple site says imovie 6 supports hdv 720p and 1080i. you said the HV20 shoots hdv 60p which I don't think is true, but if it does, that may be an issue. As far as 24p, I think imovie should take it fine because I have a dvx100 which shoots dv 24p and imovie takes it in perfectly. I wouldn't imagine HDV 24p being any different. Maybe the site says only 1080i because of the lack of 1080p cameras out.....who knows?
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