No connection with FW - Sony Handycam to MBP

I just connected my old Sony Handycam to my new Macbook pro i7, but it doesn´t seem to detect the camera. Doesn´t matter if I use iMovie, QT, or Final Cut Express. I have a cable with iDV connection on one end and FireWire 800 on the other end. In FCE it says "Unable to locate the following external devices: Apple FireWire Pal (720 x 576)". I am using Pal since I am in Europe. In system profiler I get the message "Warning: Unable to list FireWire devices"
The same camera used to work fine with both Final Cut Express and iMovie with a FireWire 400 to iDV cable on my old iMac G5.
I have already tried restarting the MBP, turning the camera off and on, unplugged the cable plugged it in again etc.
I can not find any driver online for this camera, it is a Sony Handycam DCR-TRV33E.
Any ideas on how to make this work?

The connection of cameras designed to be connected via 4 pin to 6 pin (fw400) cables seems to be increasingly problematic when switching to the 4pin to 9 pin (fw800) cables. The usual troubleshooting steps apply. Try a different cable, try a different camera and/or try a different computer.
Can you take it to an Apple store and try it there?
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