Does Imovie support the new Canon HF-G50 and Hf-G60 cmacorder

Hi,

I don't see the HF G50 or HF G60 camcorders displayed on Apple's list of compatible cameras. Here's a link to the supported cameras website:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204202#canon

Even if not listed, the camcorders may still create videos that will work with iMovie. You might need to export the video clips from the camcorder to your desktop and use a video converter like the free download Handbrake to convert the clips to H.264, Mp4/AAC that iMovie likes. Since they are not listed, no way to tell for sure whether the Camcorders will work with iMovie until you try them. You might check with the Canon website, if they have a support feature, and pose your question there.

-- Rich

Yeah, it could be that the list is not updated yet, although Apple is usually pretty timely. The G 50 manual indicates that it can record HD with Mp4 at 60 fps with AAC audio. Also 4K at 30 fps. Those formats should work in iMovie even if for some reason they cannot be imported directly into iMovie. In other words, assuming that your Mac recognizes the camera, you might need to use the Image Capture app on your Mac to import from the Camera to your desktop, and then from there import into iMovie by dragging. As I say, no way to tell what works until you try it. Maybe you could go into a camera store with your laptop and connector cables and see if they will let you try a G 50 or G 60.

-- Rich

There may be some Canon forums on which you can post to see if you can get a response from a G 50 user.

Good luck with this.

—Rich