WHY FCS WILL NOT WORK WITH CANON XH A1, NOW, EVER, ANYTIME? HELLOOO APPLE?

Question

Well well. Trillions of dollars in Apple technology and canon ingenuity and yet these two behemoths of electronics and computer commercialism cannot create a simple easy to sue interface for a freaking Canon XH A1 camera. I have read forums, googled "compatibility issues", talked to friends, emailed people, and yet no one has stepped up with any assistance in this matter. What really hacks me off is that after spending thousands of dollars on Apple products, and numerous combinations of Final Cut Express, Pro, Studio, I have spent the better part of two weeks doing fresh installs, plugging fire wire cables in each and every port, trying numerous Canon cameras, and still, here at 633 am after all of this, my wonderfully complex Final Cut Studio now tells me that although it "knows" a camera is connected via fire wire, it does not recognize and will not initialize my camera. Furthermore, earlier this week when it DID recognize my camera, the video imported was forced to create clips which stopped a meaningless in and out points. In addition, the audio drifted from one second, to 1.5 seconds, and so on and so forth. Ladies,gentlemen, scribes, aficionados, and causal observers here this: I am officially fed up with having to work harder at getting my project ready to edit, than I ever did actually editing the project. This is sad, sick, silly and stupid. I don't know what's next blokes. Vegas Pro? Avid? I am just worn out by the numerous fixes, upgrades, work around, plug ins filters and tech experts who still can't tell me why Final Cut Studio will not simply let me import my freaking video. I'm done with this silliness. Goodbye Apple! Goodbye Final Cut! I have better things to do with my life than researching subjects that have more contradictions than a rubics cube. i am going to get some sleep, spend time with my wife, and get some fresh air. I hope my apple implodes, and I'll use the FCP disks for coasters when I am sipping my cold brew. ARGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!

Answer 1

i jsut came across your posting. I have never replied to a posting before but i am in your case. I use the saem camera you do and had the same problems you are facing with your setup. I spent days and hours trying to figure out my problems. Finaly i read that you could reset the camera. And I did and it worked. Open the view finder on top of the camera and you will see the tiny reset hole. Stick a pin in there for around 15 seconds and that should reset it back to the factory settings. I think you have played with too many settings on the camera and it is jumbled this is waht happend to me. then go into final cut, but do not attatch your camera yet and click on the EASY set up tab and set your importing to match what ever you shot your video at. You cannot 60i video on a 30f setting they have to be the same.
Alex
P.S.
Please look at your manual for reseting your camera, I am just going off memory and it has been two years when I reset mine. Here is some of the video I have shot with my Canon(W/Final Cut) Click onh the HD button if you have a fast connection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-p-Ok5uJw&feature=channel_page