Using a Mac Pro Lap top to log and capture.

I am traveling and working on a documentary. I purchased the Mac Book Pro with Final Cut, assuming there would be an IEEE1394 port for a hook up with my video camera. I am really kind of floored there isn't and no one I spoke to when I had it configured mentioned that even though I was like, "I'm buying this because I'm traveling and making a documentary." In the meantime, I am logging and capturing through my external Hard drive, connecting my camera to my hard drive and then my hard drive to my camera.
I am wondering if this is the most efficient way to do this? Also, I am wondering if this is compromising the quality of the image.
Any information you can help me with would be greatly appreciated.

Your MacBook Pro should have a Firewire 800 (9 pin) port. The MacBooks are the ones that don't have a Firewire port at all. You can use a Firewire cable with a 9 pin connector on one end and a 4 or 6 pin connector on the other.
You can also get an Firewire card for the express card slot. That would create a second Firewire bus on your Mac.
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