Is there any way I can convert s-video to firewire in HD?

I am using sony video cameras with s-video or RCA outputs and I would like to use the firewire into to the Mac. Is there a device I can use to convert it to the Mac?

I'm with Grant on the issue of your camera...  Pretty much everything since the turn of the century (since Digital 8 more specifically) has been equipped with FW out to assist in capture. (More recently FW disappeared when videocams went tapeless.)
From a hardware standpoint you can capture VHS using either of those suggested devices (I favor the Canopus or DataVideo Digital-to-Analog convertors) but you're probably going to run into problems with the software end of the capture. I'm not sure that iMovie knows what VHS is, and unless you have an older copy of Final Cut Pro stashed away you're in trouble there too since the latest version (Final Cut Pro X) doesn't have much support for tape capture, much less VHS capture.
The smart money is to take the $200-300 you'd invest in convertors and buy a Flip or something that iMovie can talk to. Then you can get to the business of making that movie.

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