Camcorder for Mac

I need some advice on the above.

Am thinking of getting a new camcorder for family video editing on my macbook pro(intel cor 2)
Mac Os10.6. I use imovie 9 for basic editing.

Anyone have recommendations on a good camcorder for mac.

Currently have a 6yr old Canon DC10 camcorder and the image quality I am getting when I copy to imovie is poor and degraded. I believe the video format is VOB and someone suggesting video converting it to MPEG? prior to importing to imovie?

Maybe just best to up date to a newer model??

thanks

Watch the video camera clip put up by Reflex Films. He goes through the pros and cons of the different camera types. One thing he mentions which is quite important is to not get obsessed by the zoom of a camcorder but to place more attention to the field of view.

Digital SLRs have their place but it seems like a good camcorder is better than a DSLR for certain applications.

Make sure the camera is compatible with Mac. I borrowed one from work, I think a Sony and it was not Mac OS compatible. It not a real big deal coz they use the memory card. However it would be better to get one that Mac OS can recognise once plugged in.

I dont think its the brand fo camera you need to watch out for, more the media format it records on. I am a mac user, and when I bought my camcorder, which is a sony full HD recorder, I was recomended to get the model that recorded onto mini DV tape. This format was compatible with my mac, and the recorders that saved direct to mini DVD or a hard drive were not. The machine works flawlessly with 'imovie'.
However, when I got it I was only running os 10.5. It might be worth finding out if snow leopard or lion will support any format. I have a funny feeling that they do, so if thats the case, any camcorder will probably work.
dave.

Ps I was recomended to get the mini dv tape version also because you get a good hard copy that you can keep for safety aswell.