Color bars in capture window?

I'm currently trying to log and capture from a Cannon miniDV ZR700 via fire wire400. Although I can control the camera, all I see in the capture window is color bars? Am I missing something. I've done this before, I've also seen this before but for the life of me I can't remember what the problem was.

jgoodwin66 wrote:
Well, I'm not sure what happened. . . I disconnected my external drive. Thanks for your help!
You have a Canon product, that is what happened; Canon products don't play well in the digital sandbox with other devices. When you disconnected your external drive, the Canon felt like playing along. You should probably add another firewire bus through your express card slot, if your MacBook Pro has it.

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