Problem importing with Panasonic GS-120

I am using a 17" iMac G5 along with a Panasonic GS-120 and up until yesterday, I have not had any problems. Now, iMovie or any of the other apps (Yahoo IM, iChat, Delicious Library) that were able to use the camcorder no longer function. When I go into the system profiler, the camera is not located, but it does take about 30 secs for the Mac to figure it out. If I open any app that can use the camcorder, I get the spinning beach ball and I have to force quit the app. If I turn off the camcorder, everything works.
I have tried two different firewire cables to rule out a cable problem, no luck. I was able to use it just fine on my PC, so I am pretty sure that it is not the camcorder. Does this indicate that I have a firewire issue? I followed Apple's suggestion of unplugging everything and waiting 3-5 minutes before restarting. That did not help. I have no other firewire devices or hubs connected, so I do not know what else to try.
Any suggestions?

Hi Figan,
here's a long list from Apple of suggestions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
and another one :
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88338
what would be my first step:
unplug your Mac from powerline.
not just "switching off", no, really physically disconnect from powerline for 10 - 15min..... it sometimes "resets" the firewire-ports of the Mac....

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