Question About Using Sony Digital 8mm Video Walkman?

I want transfer old 8mm video to my Mac Pro for editing in Final Cut Express. I'm really new at this and am a bit confused, the Sony says it has a Firewire port on it for "lossless digital transfer to your computer".....so what will this mean when I hook it up to the Mac? Will I play the tapes back while Final Cut Express is open and FCE will capture the video into it's bin? Just trying to get this straight...
Thanks
Tom

Yes.
You will need to select an Easy Setup>DV Converter option before capturing.
There are two flavors, PAL or NTSC.
Use the one that matches your cameras video standard.
Start the camera manually as there will be no device control.
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