Leopard/SL don't recognize miniDV cameras

I have a new 21" imac running 10.6.3
After trying several different cameras, I have been unable to get ANY of them to work with this computer using the FW800 port. Using system profile, nothing shows up under firewire.
I also have a macpro with both tiger and Leopard installed. The cameras ALL work with the macpro in tiger but do not work on either computer in Leopard or SL.
It seems that Leopard/SL both have become incompatible with older (2-4 years old) miniDV cameras. Unfortunately, after a google search, it seems there are many users with the same problem.
Can somebody confirm this?
Does Leopard/SL officially support miniDV via firewire or not?
Thanks,
-Z-

That's correct.
Neither computer will recognize any of the cameras. Not imovie, not finder, not the capture app, and...when looking at the firewire bus in system profile, no devices are shown as attached. Both computers read external drives properly. I run a commercial recording studio and I'm reasonably savvy with this stuff. I know the firewire ports are working because all I have to do is boot Tiger and everything works fine. IMO this is without a doubt an OS problem.
It looks like apple orphaned a whole lot of video cameras with Leopard...thanks Steve!!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381779&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9983819

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