which severely limits your choice of transfer methods.
I want to buy a miniDV camcorder that only has a firewire connection. In a spellbinding fit of wisdom and forward thinking, Apple decided not to include a firewire port on my model MacBook. I'm stuck now. I love this particular camera (Panasonic AG DVX100B) and it has everything I want but I'm not sure how I'll get the footage onto the MacBook. I've not been able to locate a firewire to USB cable and I've heard that even if they existed, i'd be sacrificing some quality to do that which I'm not keen on doing. I'd hate to have my choice dictated by interfacing problems. Any suggestions on how to get around this without sacrificing picture quality or buying a new mac? Is this such an issue that i shouldn't even be considering this camera at all or is there a viable work-around? Thanks!!

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