Your best bet is to visit the Canon site for a manual on your Vixia HV40. The manual will tell you how to connect the video camera to your Mac computer (via USB cable). The URL posted below takes you to the Canon site. Copy and paste the URL into your address bar.
Note: You will need to know the model number of your Vixia to find the correct manual.
http://manualsforall.com/cannon/cannon-manuals.html
Yes, if you have the usb cable, you can connect it.
Install the drivers on the computer. Download from Canon website if necessary. Connect USB cable from computer to camera. A pop up window should open. Select "download pictures to computer" from the pop-up window.
You can get a cable for your camera which would connect to a computer USB port.
yes get a usb cable
If the camera has the capabity to connect, usually it is the "video out" cable that has a very small firewire connector or plug at one end and a USB plug at theother, but check your owner's manual.
There are two ways. 1. Instal Digital Photo Professional image processing software. Connect the USB cable to the camera and then connect to the computer. Start the DPP program, and do what you want with your photos. 2. Take the Cf card off your camera, plug it in a CF card reader and upload photos from it.
Plug your camera or card reader into your mac via a usb cable. Then open up iphoto and click the import all photos button. It may take a while to import if the file sizes are larger.
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You would need a U-8 USB cable to connect a laptop to a Kodak easyshare camera. The fitting on this cable is a little smaller than the standard USB 2.0. A U-8 USB cable is easily available from suppliers such as Amazon.
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The following items are included within the Canon ELPH box: The camera, battery pack NB-11L rechargable, battery charger, USB cable, wrist strap WS-800, digital camera solution CD.
Use the USB cable to connect the camera to the computer. Switch the camera on. Launch the iMovie application. Select Import from Camera... from iMovie's File menu.