Does Log & Transfer exist in FCP 5??

This seems like such a noob question, but I've searched my manual and all my menus, as well as looking all over this forum, and I can't find "Log & Transfer" in FCP5. Log & Capture won't work with my Canon Vixia HF10. I got that.
I can import video clips into iMovie '08 and move them over, but that seems way high on the lameness scale, and in looking at the movie properties of the resultant .mov file, looks like I lose something in the import.
I would rather not shell out the bucks to go from FCP5 to FCP6, but if I must... sigh.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
--drkenfp
Message was edited by: Ken Franklin

You will need to upgrade for Log and Transfer. It is a new feature for FCS2 / FCP 6.xx

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