Do I have to have a capture card to use FCP?

I'm considering laying out the dough to upgrade from FCE to FCP but I noticed that the apple site says I have to have a "support 3rd partycapture card". I'll admit I'm green on what that means.
I currently import all my video media directly from my sony z1u via firewire.
Does the firewire import negate the capture card requirement?
If not, can someone recommend the necessary capture card for a Mac Pro 2.66?
thanks in advance...
-James

No, you'll be fine with just standard FireWire, capturing HDV (of DV if your downconvert in the camera) from your Z1U.
If you were to use any other (more expensive) capture card, to maybe capture uncompressed HD from the component outputs of your Z1, the image quality won't be any better, as the image is compressed to HDV to be recorded on tape.

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