Canon DC10 DVD Camcorder - compatible w/iMac?

Am a newbie to iMovie and the world of DVD Camcorders - the one I just got is a Canon DC10 mini-DV, and the manual states that one can only download still images to Mac. I suspect that if I can get the video into the Mac, I can use iMovie to edit, etc. Do I need to connect via firewire? Is this camcorder model even compatible w/Mac at all? (NOTE: Canon Customer Service unable to help me...)

thanks