[MacDV] SONY camcorder - is it broken?

[Gerhard Kuhn]

The first thing I would try is to take the camera to a friend with a Mac and see if it will work with that system.  Then I would check if the cable is o.k. since they have been known to fail.  If neither of those options resolve the problem I would consider getting the camera serviced or it if it is time to upgrade look for a new model.

Gerhard


 
On Sunday, November 14, 2004, at 10:31AM, revDAVE <coolcat at hostalive.com> wrote:

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>- two days ago I was able to simply plug in a FireWire cable from my
>SONY dcr pc9 ntsc  camcorder into my Mac (10.3.5) -  and was able to record
>video and audio into either iMovie or final cut pro hd 4.5
>
> then - last night -  I hooked FireWire up again to do more - and now there
>is no video or audio coming into the computer ... ( the final cut pro video
>settings are the same as they were also)
>
>-   both applications play - stop buttons do control the camera as expected.
>-  when I hook in my other camera (XL1) -  it does work with audio and video
>-  I even hit the reset switch on the sony camera -  to no avail
>
>
>Question: so - is it broken? Is the FireWire video output somehow damaged on
>the camera? Is there any way to reset/do something to fix this?
>
>-  I am a very cautious person -  and when I unhook FireWire cables - I will
>always power-down the camera first...  And usually power down the computer
>also ( Is  it necessary to power down the computer?)
>
>If by some chance -  the FireWire cable was pulled out accidentally while
>the camera was running -  could this conceivably damage the unit?
>
>-  If  in fact it is damaged - Does anybody have any idea how much it would
>cost to get this fixed?
>
>
>--
>Thanks - RevDave
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