Nikon 1 J1 uses interchangeable lenses with Nikon 1 mount.[5] It features a 2.7x lens focal length and 10.1 million pixels.[6] The camera has full HD movie capability, with 1080p, as well as slow motion movie that films at a speed of 400-1,200fps.[7] While in movie mode, users can shoot photographs, as well.[8] Videos have been tested and show to be sensitive to wind noise and will detect the sound of zoom on the lenses that allow this. While it does not produce the quality of true HD, it is still impressive.[9] Slow-motion video has lower resolution than the HD option, and the quality is adequate for sites like YouTube. The Nikon 1 J1 captures stills in JPEG and RAW and video in the MOV format, with H.264/MPEG-4 compression.

But this MOV video format came from Nikon 1 J1 is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format. So you will not playback or edit smoothly the highly compressed MOV on your Mac with iMovie 8/9/11. You need to convert the 1080p HD MOV footage off your Nikon 1 J1 with Mac Nikon 1 J1 MOV Converter for iMovie for Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Nikon 1 J1 MOV to a playable/compatible Mac H.264 MOV on Mac for iMovie 8/9/11 but also supports other Nikon 1 J1 cameras.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and convert Nikon 1 J1 HD MOV files to iMovie 8/9/11 on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion.

Step 1. Load Nikon 1 J1 HD MOV videos to Nikon MOV Converter for Mac.

After transferring .mov files from Nikon 1 J1 camera, run Nikon Video Converter for Mac from UFUSoft as the best Mac Nikon 1 J1 to iMovie 8/9/11 MOV Converter, and click the “Add” button to load .mov videos.

Step 2. Choose HD MOV output format for iMovie 8/9/11.

Click the “Profile” option, and choose HD Video > HD MOV Video (*.mov) or iMovie > ProRes MOV (*.mov) for converting the highly compressed Nikon 1 J1 HD MOV to compatible MOV for loading to iMovie 8/9/11. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition 1920×1080.

Step3. Merge Nikon 1 J1 1080 H.264 MOV files. (Optional)

Select the files in the filelist and click Merge, and the Nikon 1 J1 1080p H.264 MOV converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

Step4. Convert Nikon 1 J1 1080 H.264 MOV to iMovie 8/9/11 on Mac

Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac Nikon 1 J1 MOV converter starts converting Nikon 1 J1 MOV videos to iMovie 8/9/11 MOV, and joining the files for playing/editing on iMovie.

After converting and merging the Nikon 1 J1 MOV files, just import the output files to iMovie 8/9/11 for editing still in HD.

If you are on a Windows computer with Windows XP/2003/Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Home Server, and would like to put Nikon 1 J1 videos to Windows Moive Maker,Adobe Premiere,Sony Vegas for editing, just use the Windows Nikon 1 J1 video converter.

Tip:
1. The Best Nikon Video Converter for Mac also supports converting Nikon D7100, Nikon D7000, Nikon D5100, Nikon D5200, Nikon D3100, Nikon D800, Nikon D600, Nikon 1 J2, Nikon 1 J1, Nikon 1 V1, Nikon D3200, Nikon D3S, Nikon 1 J1, Nikon D4, Nikon 1 V2, MOV videos to ProRes MOV, H.264 MOV, MPG, DV, AVI, etc on Mac for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express 4, iMovie 8/9/11, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc.