Q: bad connection

It has to be firewire.

Are you trying to import an HDV camera? Make sure the camera is not downcoverting the video to Standard Definition DV at the firewire port. If it is, FC will not see the HDV camera it is looking for.

MtD

Have a look in the camera menu settings and determine what the camera is outputting.

You will probably need to consult the camera manual to find the correct menu option.

See here for some helpful info re. capture:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/9519074#9519074

Al

>>Does the IEEE 1394 have to have a firewire connection  OR can it use a USB connection?<<

Firewire IS IEEE1394; more precisely it is Apple's trade name for the IEEE1394 standard.  Sony's trade name for the same standard is iLink.

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is not IEEE1394.

-DH