Problems importing from canon mvx460

I'm having problems importing movies in iMovie 9.0.2 from my Canon mvx460 camera.
It seems that my iMac (Mac OS 10.6.7, 2.66 GHZ INtel Core Duo, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3) doesn't recognize the camera (through firewire 800).
Is this a known issue for this camera with iMovie? Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
Many thanks!

I don't have this camera, but in general for miniDV camera, the camera must be plugged in to wall power, not batteries.
Also, if you are using a firewire 400 to 800 converter, that has been known to cause problems. It is best to use a 9 pin to 4 pin firewire cable.

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