I would like to find a simple but good quality video camcorder compatible easily with apple imovie 6.0?

Question

I would like to find a simple but good quality video camcorder compatible easily with apple imovie 6.0?

Answer 1

http://www.squidoo.com/CamcordersUnder20...

Answer 2

MiniDV tape based camcorders provide the best available video for ANY computer based editing. In addition to the camcorder, you will need a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable to connect the DV port on the camcorder (4-pin) to the firewire port on your Mac (6-pin).

Entry: Canon ZR800, ZR900, ZR930. They have a mic-in jack many camcorder do not have - but they do not have manual audio control (important for REALLY LOUD audio or really soft audio). The least expensive camcorders with a mic jack and manual audio control are the Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7 and HDR-HC9. Connect the firewire cable to the Mac and the camcorder, camcorder is also plugged into AC power, camcorder is in "Play" or "VCR" mode, launch iMovie and Import the video. If you end up with HDV, you will need to manually install the "Apple Intermediate codec" from the system discs.

Most hard drive and flash memory camcorders will work with your Mac - files are copied over USB, but they are very highly compressed and need to be converted. Download and install StreamClip

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/vi...

to get the files into a format iMovie likes.

Do not get an AVCHD camcorder - this is for hard drive and flash memory camcorders that record high definition. iMovieHD08 is required (as well, an Intel chip based Mac is required).

No one should EVER waste their money on a DVD based camcorder.

Answer 3

I use a Sanyo video camera:

http://us.sanyo.com/entertainment/camera...

They record both video and still pictures, very small and ergonomic and a variety of models available.

Best thing is that they record in MPEG-4 format which is perfectly compatible with mac and iMovie.

My Youtube clips were made with an older model of these cameras.

Regards, Zyfert

http://www.youtube.com/user/Zyfert