Sony Handycam HC96 will not capture in Premier CS4

We have a lot of film on a Sony Handycam DCR-HC96.  Premiere CS4 running on a MAC sees the camera for control purposes, but will not capture video from it.  Since the Handycam only has Firewire 400 output, we are running through a 400 to 800 adapter to get to the Powerbook Pro.  Any ideas why Premiere will not capture video from this camera??  Any idea what settings to try??
Thanks

Is the Record button active, or greyed out?
With some cameras, you have to hit the Record button AND THEN the play button to commence capture.
Failing that, you could try hitting PLAY on the camera itself, and then try to activate the Record button in the Capture window.
MP

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