Hard-Drive video camera compatability

Hi all,
On the Final Cut studio page there is a hardware compatibility utility...is there something similar for Final Cut Express? If not, can anyone tell me about hard-drive-based video cameras which can work with FCE?
Thanks

The only hard drive based cameras that FCE works with without third party support are cameras that shoot AVCHD.

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