Final Cut Express HD 3 capturing problem

I have 2 G5's, I installed Leopard and FCEHD3 on the one rig yesterday, but it doesn't see the camera (Canon XHA1) likewise using Tiger 10.5.
When I go to Setup I don't have the full preference menu (only 4 settings in NTSC & PAL) What do I need to add to capture HD footage?

I checked out some other systems and found was using Tiger 10.4 (G5)and had a long list of camera settings in easy setup. My other friend is using a G4 with Leopard and has a list of settings.
Last night I downloaded some upgrades for FCEHD with the Leopard software and still only have 4 NTSC & 4 PAL camera settings? The friend with the Leopard software also installed iLife 08, I did that yeaterday also, same results.
I have also tried playing with the camera settings, same.
Now on the Leopard G5 with iLife 08 it will see the camera (VCR mode) in iMovie only on still camera. When changed to video camera mode it doesn't see the camera.

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