buying new camera

[emjaycee18]

I originally posted this in the digial photography forum, but I'm having video question; hence the repost.

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I'm looking to buy a new camera, specifically the Sony DSCHX100V/B. I've found mixed posts as to whether or not iPhoto, iMovie, and Quicktime supports the video formats from this camera (or a lot of HD formats). Does any one know or have experience imports videos from their camera, specifically in AVCHD 60i/60p. The camera also records in MP4 / MPEG-4 AVC(H.264), I'm guessing that there definitely is support to import these formats, but the quality isn't as good.

Any info is much appreciated.

 

[TheNewDude]

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1014

Go down to the "Tapeless Camcorder Support" section.

As long as you have an INTEL based Mac, you can do AVCHD.

 

[apeden]

When I had my Sony HDR-FX7 I just used FCP and used Logged and Capture to do it. I had to change some of the settings for HD in order for it to work though...

 

[linuxcooldude]

Don't think iMovie has native AVCHD support. It converts to Apple Intermediate Codec instead, so it will work. FCP X has native AVCHD support so no conversion should be necessary unless you want to convert to ProRes.

 

[emjaycee18]

I'm fine with having to convert the files if I'm going to edit. Will iMovie or Quicktime play the file naitvely?

 

[Barnzee]

I'm fine with having to convert the files if I'm going to edit. Will iMovie or Quicktime play the file naitvely?

iMovie exports to a .mov format so you shouldn't have any issues watching after yout edit is complete.