Which camera to directly import movies to iPad

hello
i would like to buy a small camera (under 200 $) whose movies i could directly import onto the iPad to cut them in iMovie.
But if i understand well, there are problems with the file format.
With my own Canon G10 for instance, it works like a charm, but with the Nikon P7000 of a friend of mine, the iPad is not able to playback the imported movies.
But strangely, both record in h.264, but it only works with the G10.
I would be glad if someone would point me to a specific under 200$ model where it would work for sure.
many thanks
Francis

Canon 5D Mark II, but I don't know about the file format, the files are .MOV files. Thanks!

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