Shooting and processing video is quite a chore. I still use my Panasonic PAL camcorder that produces quite decent SD video on MiniDV tape. However the iMovie ‘08 as well as the new iMovie ‘09 software just won’t import the video like it should. It takes only one field of the two interlaced fields effectively importing only half the information it could. I suppose Apple doesn’t care much for SD DV input any more.
As I am shopping for a new camcorder I came across this article of David Glover has a nice tutorial about shooting higher-quality HD. With just a small amount of fiddling you can create 1080p25 video.
Some more reading on this subject:
HD interlaced workflow with iLife ‘08
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