MacBookPro Firewire HDD Capturing

I don't have FCP installed yet (haven't even bought it yet) but I'm trying to work out the bugs mentally before I plunge into the abyss. So here's my question:
If I use a firewire external HDD how do I capture video to it since all my cameras are firewire?

A Mac Book Pro has 2 Firewire ports on it. A FW400 and a FW800. FW is somewhat universal in that you can connect an 800 to a 400 and vice-versa. I do this all the time. I have an external FW400 HD that I hook up using the standard 6pin FW400 connector. My XL2 has the small 4 pin FW port on the back and for that I have a 9pin to 4pin cable:
http://www.cablestogo.com/productlist.asp?catid=610
With this I have both devices pluged into the two ports on the MacBookPro.
Also, as mentioned above you can also daisy chain. My external FW HD has 2 FW400 ports so I could have just as easily used a 6pin to 4pin cable to hook up my camera
http://www.cablestogo.com/productlist.asp?catid=608

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