Capturing Through a Different Camera

Hi there.
I was wondering if anyone had any info for me regarding a problem I've been having. I own a Sony vx2000 that I bought used and like to use for little projects. The problem is that somewhere along the line, the firewire port on the camera got destroyed. I thought that I could use a different DV camera to import, but every time I import artifacts are produced. At first I thought this was because of progressive scan so I shot in regular mode. However, the artifacts were still there. Is this maybe a problem because of 3ccd to regular? The camera I got solely for importing is a cheap, 170 dollar JVC camera.
I'm out of ideas and I can't afford a new camera right now. My only option is to fix the firewire port, but I figure that will be expensive and will be harder now that the vx2000 is pretty outdated.
If anyone can point me to an answer for the problems I've had, I'd really appreciate it. Also, if anyone can tell me whether camera firewire ports can be fixed (and how expensive it is), I'd be really thankful.
Thanks again.
-Tom

Well! Sony PD 150 can record on DV or DVCAM.
There's a difference in tape recording speed between the two formats (60 minutes in DV mode, 40 minutes in DVCAM mode, which can be stored in the same miniDV tape anyway).
If the footage you ae going to work with was recorded on DV format then it should be fine for you to use the camera you have. Should it not work then the video was shot on DVCAM mode. Not many miniDV cameras like DVCAM, I'm not entirely sure about your model but I would say it takes only DV.

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