Hello,

I am new to the forum, and I got a bit of a problem with my camera and being able to transfer footage onto my computer.

I like to know how do I upload digital video fro my Panasonic PV-GS65 to my MAC laptop. I connect the firewire, but the computer does not read it. I set the camera to PC mode, and nothing happens.

Any suggestions please?

thanks

Hi Simona,

Use an SDHC card reader. I use one that slips into the USB slot, like this one. Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more! (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=20-208-521-Z06&SpinSet=20-208-521-RS&ISList=20-208-521-Z02%2c20-208-521-Z03%2c20-208-521-Z04%2c20-208-521-Z05%2c20-208-521-Z06&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16820208521&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=Transcend%2016GB%20Secure%20Digital%20High-Capacity%20%28SDHC%29%20Flash%20Card%20w%2f%20P2%20Card%20Reader%20Model%20TS16GSDHC2-P2)

GS65 is an older tape based unit IIRC? AVCHD cams don't typically have firewire.

Check your cable, they do go bad. If it's not that, you may have a fried firewire port on one end or the other, and you'll have to do some testing with another camera and/or laptop to find out where the problem lies.

I don't know much about Macs, but is the firewire port showing up as hardware so the operating system/application can "see it"?