Final Cut wont recognize my Canon xha1s

My employer has bought a new Canon XHA1s for me to use filming, editing, etc. I am trying to capture the footage I just recorded and the camera is not being recognized by Final Cut Express, but only FCE. From reading through other forums, I have: checked About This Mac>More Info>Hardware>Firewire and seen the camera IS being recognized by the computer (also verified on the camera). I have also recently gone through the Software Update, so FCE is up-to-date and other system things. The same camera also is recognized by iMovie, so I am able to capture through that, but that is not the path I want to take, or the program for that matter. I know I can import the footage from iMovie to FCE, but I'm trying to fix the real problem here. In the Import and Log and Capture Menus, the camera just doesn't show up as a source, even in the Finder. Any thoughts/ideas? I really appreciate it. Thanks.

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