Qualified Camcorder

[Tim Vaughan]

I probably shouldn’t answer as I am not 100% for sure (though 98% sure, and it is usually that 2% that keeps popping up), but any camera with a functional firewire output and either NTSC or PAL and is listed on the box as Mac compatible should work just fine in FCP. If it does not have a functional firewire port, you will have to figure out how to get the footage on line, but as long as it does not record SeCam, you will be allright. (FCP does not support native secam footage. That is not to say one cannot convert it to a compatible file before or after import, just another step in the process)

Hope this helps
Tim

Tim

[Wally]

Thanks for the advice. I kind of thought that what you said was the case. I guess Apple just wants to steer people to certain types and brands.

[Frank Nolan]

You may find when capturing you have to use the “NTSC firewire basic” setting for device control.