Hello, I'm interested in the SONY HX9V (AVCHD).
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&stor...52921666290110
The movie quality seems to be really good for such a small camera.
Of course you can't see the original (native) quality on YouTube but even there it seems quite good:
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRQjIuP4Dg

Which movie recording mode suits best for iMovie '11?
The HX9V is on the iMovie compatibility list, but how can this work?
I would like to record in 1080/60p. iMovie supports only 24/25/30 fps!
How will the import work? Will every second frame be lost?

How good will the final movie quality be after editing with iMovie?
I know from other material that it CAN be very good,
but I had no luck with an other AVCHD camera:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2759331
(Note: I know this was a PAL model.)
It seems iMovie needs progressive input format.

Thanks.