iMovie with Canon ZR850 Video Camera
I’m trying out iMovie and iDVD to make a DVD from some videos that one of the synchronized swimming coaches recorded at the most recent Canada Games. Importing video via firewire seems pretty straightforward, but I don’t know where the data’s going. So far I have a giant iMovie project. It looks like video off the camera comes in totally uncompressed.
I’m not sure what to do with the video after it is all in iMovie, but I guess I’ll figure that out as I go along. Unfortunately, you can’t seem to import from the camera at faster than realtime video speed.
Categories: Mac Stuff
Hi, Scott -
I just bought a Canon ZR850. I can’t seem to get my Mac to recognize it with the USB cable it came with. Do you use a USB cable or a Firewire cable?
The last video camera I had was super easy to use with a Mac, and I can’t get my computer to recognize the camera (except for still images) with the USB.
Any advice is appreciated!
Thanks,
Ethan
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I am having the same issue as Ethan. ny advice?
You need to use a firewire cable. The USB cable only seems to talk to the still-camera part of the camera.
I just got the ZR850 and bought a firewire. I still can not get my MacBook to recognize and download from my camera. Can anyone let me know what I am missing? I’ve hooked up a JVC miniDV camcorder before with no problems. Thanks!