What is your experience transfering sony HDR-HE3 HDV to Imovie5 DV

I just bought the new HDR-HE3 and am leaving for England in a few days. I do not have the time to do extensive testing and would like to find out about your experiences in transfering video captured in HDV to DV format in Imovie5. Does it work ? any editing problems ? How long was your video ?
I am trying to find out if I can safely capture HDV videos and transfer them to Imovie5 in DV format for the short term. I understand that i will have to redo them in HDV format when HDV DVD players become affordable.
Would it be better to take the videos in DV format and forget about HDV for the time being? After reading all the "horror stories" about Imovie6, I have decided to stick with Imovie5 for now. Your feedback will be appreciated.

hello taronger,
i can't answer you on the camera issue 'cause i don't have an hdv camcorder
at this time, but have been using iMovie since version 2 with little or no problems although i use FCE as well.
all my fellow videographers have already switched to HDV and no one regretted so far ....i would say you made the right choice.
you could argue that it's better to work in DV as the DVD's and most TV's do not support HDV yet and i would have agreed but my colleagues have all assured me so far that it's much better to keep the HDV format throughout the entire process and then let iDVD make the downsizing....
the only reason there would be to capture SD is if your HDD runs low on space
good luck & viva la mela

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