The Tips in detail

 "Can I track a real camera in Max?"

This can be done very easily in Max with excellent results.

The tools you'll need to use are camera match, camera point, and the camera trackers utility. It's a pretty involved process that involves setting up points in your scene based on the video, setting keys for them, and then tracking them. You can get excellent results with even the most jittery hand held video. Refer to the above topics in Online reference. It's not that hard, but it's more than I care to explain.