Using USB DV Tape Camcorders with Macbook Air

I am trying to understand whether it's possible to use a USB DV Tape Camcorder with the air. I have a PV-GS500 Camcorder, it has both firewire and USB ports. With a MBP, you can easily transfer movies from the camera to the computer via firewire, using iMovie. Now with a PC, you can transfer movies to the computer via USB. The PC recognizes the camera, once it's plugged into USB, as a "DV device". But what about the MBA? They lack firewire ports, so the only connection is via USB. You'd think that since they lack firewire ports, Apple would allow them to recognize the camera via USB, in the same way a PC would. But I can't get this to work, and I don't see any comments about that on the internet.
Any ideas?

Hi Jean-Paul,
You can use wireless as well as a wired connection for Migration Assistant (you'd need the USB-to-Ethernet adapter if you went wired).
Assistance with Migration Assistance - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413

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