Firewire cable help

I'm wanting to use a firewire cable to get some video off my dv camera, but im not sure what cable need.
will my google search of "dv to firewire 800" fetch the correct cables? or are there different types of firewire 800?
the dv end of the cabels in the results looks like it has the correct connection.

Hi Tom,
You need a 9 pin FW 1394b to 4 pin FW400 cable like this one or this one.
Cheers
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