Down loading video to iMac

Hi
This is a bit hard to explain but I have an old Sony camcorder with video out and I want to get it into my iMac. The iMac has firewire but the camcorder only has a connection that looks like end on a oblong box with one side (one of the longest sides) slightly bent in, I hope you understand, and would you know if a cable called "9Pin to 4Pin IEEE 1394B Bilingual Firewire " will work?
I live out in the sticks in Spain and it is impossible to get any sort of cables so I have to sen away for them, so I need to know I am sending for the right ones.
Thanks

Amazon UK ships to Spain.
Take a look at this cable for £3.62
http://www.amazon.co.uk/IEEE1394-FireWire-Digital-Camcorders-Cameras/dp/B002S4OH OG/ref=sr13?ie=UTF8&qid=1290355203&sr=8-3

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