Can you use a Sony DCR-SR60E hard drive video camera with FC-Express?

Friend of mine in OZ has just bought this camera and I am trying to help her out from the UK! LOL. The camera only has USB and does NOT have firewire. Am I right in thinking that she is not going to be able to use this camera with Final Cut Express, or is there a way round this? The shop she bought it from is useless when it comes to support. Any help would be great. At the moment I have said she would be better off taking it back and changing it for a mini DV camera with firewire.
Powerbook 15 G4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

You can't use the camera with FCE because it shoots in a format not supported by digital video systems on the Mac. FCE edits only DV or HDV material. This camera doesn't shoot one of those.

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