Hi,
My Email is actually in my profile that you can read if you click on my name on the left.
However in this case I do not want this particular manual.
I am sure you have read it enough to determine if it has the suggested Setting changes as to Output framing (4 X 3 or 16 X 9) or format such as PAL/NTSC or Mpeg or Real DV and the controls behind the LCD screen.
Some camera as you say do send out signals in the form iMovie can see (Almost anything barring Flash).
Skype also is not restricted to DV only like iChat is.
The Internal iSight on some Macs is actually a USB Camera but the OS makes it go through a USB Digitizer ready for iChat. What can not happen is input from a Firewire camera going though the digitizer.
This
utility iUSBCam does similar for certain USB Webcams and has done since iChat 2 (with updates to the present)
Part of it's original function was to get the external iSight to work with below Spec Macs (G3/600Mghz).
Camcorders tend to be a bit out on their own as their is not a similar Utility for them if they do not do DV output.
DV Output is not strictly synonymous with having firewire capability on the camera.
9:42 PM Friday; April 24, 2009