IMac & FCP7 connect to canon xl1s

I have an iMac with Final Cut Pro 7 also iMovie & QuickTime none of the above will recognise my video camera Canon XL1S.
I'm using a FireWire 800 cable to connect my camera to my iMac 9 pin male to 4 pin male FireWire lead.
Which apple reccomends ?
I have my camera in VCR play mode & tried log & capture etc with FCP & also tried importing to iMovie none if these will recognise my camera.
An suggestions or solutions to this ?
Thanks.

Launch the Image Capture app. It's located in your Applications folder.
Connect the video camera.
Bottom left side of the Image Capture window select iMovie from the: Import To  pop up menu.
If iMovie is not available from that list, cick Other then navigate to the Applications folder then select iMovie.

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