IPhoto doesn't find movies on new camera

Hi there,
have just bought a new camera (Canon Powershot SX20). iPhoto doesn't recognise that there are movies on it, so won't download them. Have tried image capture and same issue. No problem with image files though.
Camera takes HD movies so wondered if my slightly antiquated software doesn't know what these are.
My old camera used to show on the desktop so I could quite easily drag/drop files from the camera to a file on the computer. New camera doesn't show. Is there a way to change this?
Thanks for your help

Sorry, maybe didn't make myself clear. Its a stills camera which has the usual facility to do short movie clips (in HD). When I use my other camera iPhoto will just download the photos and movies from the camera in one go and will show photos and movie clips in the library.
Would like to be able to do the same with new camera.
However, I can't seem to get anything on the computer to recognise that there are movies on the camera. iMovie doesn't recognise that the camera is attached (presumably because its not a camcorder?). image capture will quite happily let me download the photos but also doesn't see the movies on the camera.
Other ideas? Just give up and buy a card reader?
BTW - very useful "feature" for it to not show on the desktop!!

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