Firewire (AV) Videocam with USB-only New iMac

This has probably been answered somewhere but can't find it. What sort of connector is required to connect my Sony DCR HC52 camcorder to a new 21.5-inch: 3.06GHz USB-only computer? My current 4-year old MacBook Pro has the firewire input, which works fine with this tape-based camcorder.

Hi saxyjazzman
It looks like the camcorder came with a FireWire 400 to 4 pin cable and the new iMac only has 4 USB ports and 1 FireWire 800 port.
So it looks like you need either a Sonnet 400 to 800 adapter or a 9 to 4 pin FireWire cable that connects to your camcorder.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html
http://www.infinitecables.com/usa/fire_cbl.html
Dennis
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Boy am I getting slow or what and Kenichi's cable is even cheaper, go figure....

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