> Then use FCP's Log and Transfer as derekmok indicated.
Copy the files first and back them up to two other places first, of course! Yes, the camera needs to be plugged to wall power or it won't show up on your computer, even if the battery is fully powered. Truly dumb design, in my opinion. The fact is, these cameras are consumer, not pro.
Another case in point: The accompanying, inferior Canon software will always automatically launch. I always just quit them right away and copy the files by hand. Who needs "Canon Image Browser" when you got Photoshop?
Unfortunately, the card-reader option doesn't work all the way for me because I record video to the HF S10's internal drive and still images to the SD card, as a way to segregate the two functions. Does the HF S21 have an internal drive at all?
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