Help with transferring home movie to Mac

Hello,
I have a Canon MV500 mini digital camcorder and want to transfer some home movies on to I Movie. The camcorder has a DV port and I think I need to buy a DV Cable CV-250F in order to do the transfer. I have not done this before and do not know if the cable will be suitable for my I Mac. The cable info states that it is a "Canon Firewire CV250F 4-6pin DV IFC-200D4 iLink Cable". Does anyone know if this will work??
Thanks for your assistance.
Regards, Fiona

Yes, you need to buy a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable. The connector on your camcorder is a standard 4-pin Firewire connection, so you don't have to buy the cable from Canon. iLink is what Sony calls Firewire, but again, it's all standard.

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