Final Cut, Mini DV Combatibility Issue

I own an eMac running Panther and the original version of Final Cut Express. I just recently (this fall) purchased a brand new Sony Mini DV camcorder. The camera and the computer both work fine, the problem is that when I plug my camera into my computer through firewire, and attempt to capture in Final Cut, nothing happens. I can control the camera with the computer (i.e. fastforward, rewind ) but no image or sound comes through and all I get is the colored bars. I've tried every capture setting, anamorphic, - my Mini DV films in this format - basic anamorphic etc. When I first attempted to capture from my camera, I would get maybe 20 seconds of footage, and then the screen would go back to the colored bars again. Now I get nothing. What's wrong? Is final Cut Express 1 unable to handle mini DV capturing? The guide it came with says it can handle such capturing. Do I need to download an update or something? There are no updates for Express ver. 1 on apple.com as far as I can tell. Please help.

Just a thought - have you tried capturing normal 4x3 DV from your new camera?
Shoot a couple of minutes material and see if it captures (having reset Easy Capture).
Then you may learn whether it is your new camera or the anamorphic setting that is causing the problem.
Ian.
Also if you have an old camera (or can borrow one), it would be useful to see if that worked or not.

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