My apologies for not responding to your posts sooner. I thought I’d receive and email informing me that a reply had posted.
To answer, I came to realize that I “thought” I had successfully imported a camera into AE from 3ds Max. This turned out not to be the case. To make a long story short, I purchased Max2AE. It’s the only way to go if you’re serious about using Max in AE, as far as I can tell.