iMovie - Best Camera - Canon or another?

chavez45

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I am looking at one of the Canon Flashdisk High Def cameras. HF100 or HF10. I have a MacBook Pro 2.4 purchased in July.

What I need to know is what kind of files do these cameras create?
Can you drag them from a card reader into in Imovie?
Do you have to CAPTURE the movie (realtime) to get the file into iMovie to edit?
Will this camera link- directly to the Macbook Pro to capture realtime?
I would rather not have to use a video file converter? If this camera will not do drag and drop import the files, What is the best option around $500-$800?

Wants-
10x ++ optical zoom
stabilizer
flash disk recorder
EXTERNAL MIC input
 
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