Importing Digital8 Video from Camcorder

I am having problems importing digital8 video from a Sony camcorder. The import process starts out fine with each clip tagged with the correct date the video was shot. At some point, the import process results in a clip for each second or so of video, meaning that there is a thumbnail for each second or so. I notice that the affected clips have a errant year code - 65590. Any thoughts on what is causing the problem, and what I can do to fix the problem?

hey there Beverly,
i had a similar issue when i got my 1st MiniDV cam & i couldn't import because i hadn't installed the battery to set the clock & calendar. coming from analog cam, i didn't care about superimposing the time & date on my footage. so, then i actually read the user manual, found that little bit of info about the button battery.

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