MacWorld says HV30 & Mac are a good mix. Says iMovie will further compress the footage to make a smaller file size, so not only will it take more time to digitize (ingest) your footage, it will take iMovie longer to process it, and the quality will take a hit. That hit may or may not be relevant, depending on your desired outome in production.
MacWorld says it would be preferable to use the most powerful base Mac unit you can afford, and use Final Cut Pro. The magazine did, however, give the HV30 a four mice rating even though the article was primarily focused on non-tape camera models. The folks there were OK enough with the 30 that it got it’s own sidebar in the article. It records HDV to MiniDV tape.
Check it out, I think, by going to http://www.macworld.com and see if any of the articles from the November 08 issue are available.
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