Rookie Mac User Video Import Question

Hello,
I would like to import video clips from a camera as if it were another drive (like I do on a PC). In other words, copy from the camera to a drive location of my choice. Is there a way to do this? It seems I can only import through Final Cut to an event (or one of the othe resident applications like imovie etc).
Thanks,
GL

yes, I think so. what kind of connector does the camera have? Firewire or something else? . You'd probably need some kind of video capture application. I haven't tried this one, so I can't speak for its effectiveness: FireRecord http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36425/firerecord. I've only really done DV thru firewire with imovie, and I could save it somewhere on my hard drive. Oh, I think I get it-- that you'd plug in the camera, you could see the video clip and drag n' drop to your hard drive somewhere. Maybe I'm wrong, but as far as i know it's realtime....
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