My iMac doesn't recognise my camera Sony DCR-PC330E

Hello,
PC user for years, I decided 3 weeks ago to buy an Imac 27" on AppleStore (Mac OS X 10.6.7)
I've got a camera Sony DCR-PC330E.
I've bought this cable in order to connect my cam on the FireWire port of the iMac.
When I connect the cam with it, nothing happens The presence of the cam is not detect, whereas ther is no problem on my PC.
Does my camera not compatible with Mac ?
Should I installed a specific driver ?
Thanks by advance for the attention you accord to this post.
CedriKo
PS: I sorry for my bad english.

Hi, I have been reading briefly the instruction manual for your camera online.
It would seem that for connection to an iMac you should use a USB cable and not Firewire. The USB cable was supplied with the camera.
I also get the impression that you should have with the camera a CD which has software that you need to install on your iMac.
May I suggest that you get hold of your camera's instruction manual and read the instructions, I think that you should be able to solve this yourself then!
Good luck

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