Stopping Capture

I am capture footage vie non-controllable device. I cannot stop the capture via the ESC button. Further, FCP does not respond when I turn my camera off. I am left with a frozen still image.
I can I stop capturing? Also, when I look in my capture been I do not see the footage.

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x

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Hi there.
Using FCE 3.5, I start capturing using the "Now" button and it tells me to "press 'esc' to stop"
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