Digital photography

1. Open iMovie > New Project (make sure it is 16:9)

2. Import the clip/s you want and let iMovie convert them if it needs to.

It's perfectly happy with the unconverted H.264 .mov files that come out of a Canon 550D.

Konijn thinks otherwise:

Because iMovie '08 won't open .mov files, but will open .dv

< Has no hands on experience with 550d.