MiniDV over firewire howto

[Erik Norgaard]

Hi,

I have just discovered that Canon MiniDV series have different 
names in US which may explain why I haven't got much response on 
my previous posts on this.

I want to buy a camcorder and like the specs of Canon MiniDV's, I 
failed when trying MVX200 which is equivalent to the Elura 60 
(well Elura some number).

Some cameras have both DV in and out, the one I tried only had 
DV out - can this explain why communication failed?

Have anyone succesfully transfered video from a Canon camcorder? 
- which?

When I tried 'fwcontrol -R' I got an "unknown format" error and no 
frames were transfered - any clues?

Thanks, Erik