FCP 7 and Vixia HF S100

Hi there,
Could someone tell me if the Canon Vixia HF S100 is OK with FCP 7 ?
Thanks in advance
Ivan

These small AVCHD cameras are great for travel. I could almost fit the Sony in my shirt pocket.
It belonged to a client who took it to Africa on a safari and the images are stunning.
http://finalcutstudio.info/
In the tutorials menu on the right, click on "Final Cut Pro" then scroll down this list and select "importing footage."
The Log & transfer portion of the tutorial starts at about 6:15
One other thing
When you connect your camera to the computer leave the monitor open and see if you need to make a selection on the camera in order to mount it.
I had to with the Sony.
You may also have to navigate to the camera in FCP L&T pane, I don't remember -
FCP may also just recognize it and I can't be more specific than that because the camera belonged to a client and I no longer have it.
I didn't do any logging. I just imported all the clips in there entire length.
The file hierarchy is the same as L&C. The files will be stored in the "Capture Scratch" folder on your scratch disk.
This also may or may not be of interest to you as well:
http://trac.perian.org/ticket/414
That's all I got...
good luck
g

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