Easily import Nikon D7000 MOV video into imovie/FCP

The Nikon D7000 is a new prosumer DSLR camera with a 16.2-megapixel DX-format image sensor. Key highlights of the D7000 include Full 1080p HD video with full-time autofocus and manual exposure control, a new 2,016-pixel 3D Colour Matrix metering system, new EXPEED 2 image-processing engine, new 39-point Auto-focus system with 3D tracking, 14-bit analogue-to-digital conversion, 6fps continuous shooting, dust- and moisture-sealed magnesium alloy body, 921k dot 3-inch LCD screen, and dual memory card slots. Its most surprising feature is a 39-point autofocus sensor, which is significantly more sophisticated than anything else available at this price point.

Nikon D7000 features 16.2MP DX-Format CMOS sensor that works together with Nikon’s EXPEED 2 image processor, 1080p HD video with full time autofocus, 6FPS burst shooting, a 39-Point AF System, autofocus fine tuning, a 3〃 LCD display and pentaprism optical view finder, and dual SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slots. But this MOV video format came from Nikon D7000 is a long GOP format that is highly compressed.

The good: Excellent performance for its class; great viewfinder; control locations and operations streamlined over previous Nikon dSLRs; double SDXC-compatible card slots.
The bad: No 1080/30p video.
The bottom line: An excellent dSLR for experienced shooters or Nikon professionals looking for a relatively cheap option, the Nikon D7000 delivers on almost all counts, including the company's best shooting design to date.

If you have tried to import the mov file into imovie or final cut pro for editing, you will know the mov file can not be imported. To edit the video on mac smoothly, you should transfer nikon footage to mac friendly mov format.

Doremisoft video converter can do the mov to mov conversion. This converter support various format. You can use this converter to convert AVCHD mts, m2ts, avi, wmv, mod, mkv, mxf, etc. format to other format like mov, mp4, dv, avi, mpg, 3gp, and so on.

Follow the steps to convert highly compressed mov video to imovie with nikon video converter for mac:
At the beginning, you should get a video converter, then install it. After you run the converter, you can click "Add Files" to load the mov video into converter.

Then choose the output format.

Af last, just click the big blue button to start the conversion. After the conversion is finished, you can import it into imovie for editing.

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