Video clip from a Canon A70 camera

Where to go?
Took a video clip with a Canon A70 camera and plug it in and iphoto opens but there's no photos to download because it's a video clip and the computer doesn't recognize the alien format.
Have a couple programs that came with the camera as well as media edit pro for editing etc, but when trying to find the file it doesn't show as available anywhere when searching for the file to import from or I'm looking in the wrong place, but figure it's still connected only through iphoto and it doesn't recognize any data in the camera.
Some info available from Canon that some files can't be accessed direct from the camera with osx so I'm obviously missing something and when it's plugged in so I need something else, it mentioned a different program to get the info or accessing the info from a card reader instead of the camera which doesn't appear to have any settings to change where or how it's meant to go. (Suggested possible in Canon's info with some cameras)
Any clarification whats the simplest (cheapest) method needed to make this work? to move it to one of the programs that can edit it etc. imovie 3.0.3 in my case or whatever else I have to eventually post it on a web page etc.
(can't afford to buy an actual video camera etc.)
I'm guessing I can't use the camera a web cam either, not that I thinking about it with lots of cheap junkers out there that'll clip on, but it still might be an alternative to buying one.
I'm a bit of an illiterate computer hack so don't know what I'm doing, but usually can eventually figure some stuff out.....

The finder preferences are still set to show external media, but the Camera doesn't show up on the desk top, it just keeps opening iphoto as selected in the system preference as to do when a picture CD is inserted,
Quitting iphoto doesn't make the camera appear on the the desk top and the camera doesn't work at all when iphoto is quit or connect with the usb, I trying to get the computer to recognize the video data by turning on the video, but camera won't run the video while connected and when disconnecting and reconnecting it just runs iphoto again, no matter what I do.
The camera sends a signal for the computer to recognize it as a picture CD and opens iphoto, (when you insert a picture CD - "Open iPhoto")
The question would be how to get it to recognize it as a DVD or other media as possibly possible in those preferences and what application to use. of which it appears I don't have anything available when looking at "open other application" or choosing "ignore" or "run script" which I have no idea what to do with.
Though presume that maybe I should turn off the picture CD preference off by choosing ignore to keep iPhoto from opening, but then it might possibly just ignoring the camera all together unless something else is chosen or I'm just wasting time on something that will never work......
PB 12 G4 1.12 GB Mac OS X (10.2.x)

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