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video import trouble

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razekworkz

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hello people, im new to the mac video. i have a canon optura 40 that i just got not long ago. i been trying to transfer video from it to my powerbook g4 via firewire. the problem is that i everytime i hook the camera to the computer and turn camera on it opens iphoto... i dont know whats going on... is it possible to transfer dv videos to imovie so i can edit it??? please, if anybody experienced something similar help me out... what am i doing wrong???

thanx, razek
 
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This happens to me aswell, just coz iPhoto thinks its all that!

Just open iMovie with the camera plugged in and switched on, (in player mode as opposed to camera mode if you want to import clips) and iMovie should ( !!! ) recognise there is a camera there.

Try flicking the switch under the viewer window from the scissors icon to the camera icon.

Hope this helps!
 

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