Import Sony NEX-7 1080P AVCHD to iMovie for editing

Released on Aug 24, 2011, Sony NEX-7 is specially targeted at experienced users, enthusiasts and professionals featuring the same 24.3 MP APS-C-format Exmor CMOS sensor as the A77 and A65 SLT cameras and hi-res 2359k-dot OLED EVF, BIONZ Image Processor.

It is able to shoot high quality Full HD 1920 × 1080 resolution movies at 60p, 60i, or cinematic 24p in AVCHD format. Without the intervening Translucent Mirror, the NEX 7 can perfectly present nearly 100% of the details captured by the sensor, which can give it a slight edge in resolution and contrast under some shooting conditions.

After shooting videos with Sony NEX-7 camcorder, you may need to edit your AVCHD videos on your Mac, iMovie is a free and powerful editing program for Mac user, and it has enhanced supported for camcorders. However, when you import Sony NEX-7 1080P AVCHD to iMovie, you will find that iMovie refuses to accept. Why?

I found the reason on its official website, iMovie '08 and later: Sony AVCHD 2011-model video cameras require Mac OS X v10.6.7. With Mac OS X v10.6.7 and iMovie '08 and later available, you can easily transfer some camcorder videos to iMovie, but not all. In this page, I didn't found Sony NEX-7 inclusion.

Therefore, to transfer Sony NEX-7 1080P AVCHD video to iMovie, you need to convert Sony NEX-7 AVCHD video to iMovie compatible MOV or MP4 files or other proper videos such as AVI so that you can easily edit Sony NEX-7 1080P AVCHD video in iMovie or FCP or playback on portable devices like Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, Kindle Fire HD, iPad 5, iPhone 5S etc.

Sony NEX-7 AVCHD Converter for Mac is just the one you need, with it you can easily convert Sony NEX-7 AVCHD and other AVCHD, MTS, M2TS videos from different camcorders like Canon, Sony, Panasonic etc to MOV, MP4 or whatever format you like and then import Sony NEX-7 1080P AVCHD to iMovie, FCP or other applications or devices on Mac

Step by step to convert Sony NEX-7 AVCHD to iMovie

Step 1: Import Sony NEX-7 1080P AVCHD files

Drag and drop Sony NEX-7 AVCHD video to Sony NEX-7 AVCHD Converter for Mac. Or go to"File"menu, choose "Load Media Files" to load your desired Sony NEX-7 AVCHD video files.

Step 2: Select iMovie as output format

Sony NEX-7 AVCHD Converter for Macc will automatically set the format, resolution and frame rate for you, maintaining the video quality, and the output video can be imported to iMovie 11/iMovie 09/iMovie 08/iMovie HD.

Step 3: Convert Sony AVCHD to iMovie

Click "Convert" to start converting Sony NEX-7 AVCHD files to iMovie compatible MOV or MP4 format.

After that, you can free transfer Sony AVCHD to iMovie for free editing.