Why is the quality of my video bad in imovie '09

Everytime I upload my video through the camcorder to imovie, the quality of the video is bad. The video appears darker and grainy. Any ideas of what to try or why this is happening?

Could be several problems:
As mentioned above, don't shoot in "cine mode" 24p. iMovie doesn't like it. Use the "program" for most of your shooting. "shutter", or "aperture" will all be fine if you use them in the correct situations.
Your camcorder could be stuck in "shutter" with a fast shutter speed set. It would give you grainy video.
Are you taking video in low light or indoors? The FS200 is a great little camera, but it is grainy in low light situations. Take some video outside during the day and see if the quality is still poor. Unfortunately, every sub $1000 camera does this.

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