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Q: Mac won't detect camera.

I accidently asked about this in the iphone section. My bad. I skimmed through the site and decided to ask here. I'm new to the site so bare with me. I'm sure there are dozens of threads on this site asking things like this but I'll ask anyways. My Mac will not detect my Sony Handycam. It is a Sony DCR-HC28. I have it connected to a Firewire USB chord into my Mac. My Mac is version 10.5.8. I opened iMovie and when I click the camera icon the only option it gives me is for the built in iSight. No option for the camera. I googled and tried a few suggestions but to no luck. I checked System Profiler and found nothing. Charged my camera and rebooted my computer. Got nothing. Unplugged and replugged. Nothing. Any tips??? Is it possible because my Firewire connects through the USB port rather than the Firewire port that it won't work??? I could sure use the help.

Posted on Sep 30, 2013 11:51 AM

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Q: Mac won't detect camera.

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  • by crissrudd4554,

    crissrudd4554 crissrudd4554 Sep 30, 2013 3:00 PM in response to crissrudd4554
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    Sep 30, 2013 3:00 PM in response to crissrudd4554

    Here's a pic of the kinda chord I'm using. It's a Firewire that plugs into USB. If you look closely you can see the USB symbol on the plug.

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  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Sep 30, 2013 6:50 PM in response to crissrudd4554
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    Sep 30, 2013 6:50 PM in response to crissrudd4554

    crissrudd4554 wrote:

     

    Is it possible because my Firewire connects through the USB port rather than the Firewire port that it won't work??? I could sure use the help.

    Yes.

     

    Use a FW cable to FW port for a tape based camera.

     

    Russ

  • by crissrudd4554,

    crissrudd4554 crissrudd4554 Oct 4, 2013 11:42 AM in response to crissrudd4554
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    Oct 4, 2013 11:42 AM in response to crissrudd4554

    I now have a new question regarding my camera. This doesn't exactly imply the Mac but I figured I'd ask here since I laready started this thread about my camera. I'm trying to use the pass through technique on my camera where I can hook the camera to a VCR and play my VHS tapes through my camera. I hooked up everything, switched AV/DV on, but I only get an audio signal no video signal. Also a horrible buzzing noise occurs when everything is hooked to the camera. Anyone else here no anything about stuff like this??

  • by Studio X,

    Studio X Studio X Oct 9, 2013 2:16 PM in response to crissrudd4554
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    Oct 9, 2013 2:16 PM in response to crissrudd4554

    Make sure your camera is set to convert and pass through the analog material. If your camera is capable of this process, it should be spelled out in the manual for the cam.

     

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