Control camera via Firewire

Question

Some SONY Cameras have a FireWire interface.

Is it possible to control any camera functions via FireWire using any FireWire SDK etc?

• Tape: record/stop, forward/rewind
• Lens: exposure, zoom, shutter speed, focus, white balance
• Other: effects (sepia/invert)

Found:

• Adobe Premiere can control Tape playback functions (play, forward/rewind)

Answer 1

The open source video editor kinoDV does this for all kinds of cameras, including sony. Maybe have a look at the source ?