Hooking up Video Camera

I have a Canon ZR65 and a brand new MacBook. I want to hook the camera up to import into iMovie. When I do it says that it doesn't detect a camera. What am I doing wrong? help, this is so frustrating!!!!!

Hi and welcome to discussions!
You will need to purchase a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire (available at any any store that sells elecronics) to transfer your video to imovie.
You need DV tape-NOT a mini-disk!!
Importing video from your camcorder
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/6.0/en/imv1005.html
Sue

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