Canon Vixia HF30 showing up as Flash drive, open iPhoto....FCP won't log/tr

Help! I teach a media class and have had this happen before. Log and transfer won't recognize the camera (yes it is plugged in to power and usb 2.0) ...any ideas? I can see the MTS files, but don't want to waste hours converting them manually to .MOV
thanks!!

Here's exactly how I explained it awhile back to someone else (and he said this worked for him):
Try using Disk Utility to save your SD card (or camera hard drive if you have one) as a disk image. Then open the disk image and try Log and Transfer. FCP should see the disk image mounted on your desktop and import the files. This has always worked for me with AVCHD/.mts files. Plus, it gives you a nice small(ish) backup file of all your footage.

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