Connecting my Firewire DV Camera

I bought my daughter a 13" MB and now she wants to use my Canon DV camera to produce some videos. Since Apple decided to not include Firewire ports on the MB .... do I have a cabling option to get mini FW to USB?
Thank you.

I've been doing some searching and came across this ...
http://www.amazon.com/Firewire-Extension-Cable-Digital-camcorder/dp/B002WPUC5Y/r ef=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1295748817&sr=8-1
.... looks like it would work??? - Yes? No?

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