[MacDV] Re: DV camcorder without firewire (was iMovie 3 isout)

[Jim Asherman]

On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 06:27  PM, Susan Tomanek wrote:

> Aloha Gary,
> I just looked at my old Sony PC-1 mini DV camera which I purchased in 
> Japan
> in 1997. It has no "firewire" port. However, it does have a jack (or 
> poo-kah
> as we say in the Islands) called DV IN/OUT.


That one there, that would be  uh your firewire port.



>  An i.Link cable (with very small
> and fragile ends) connects the camera to my Sony Vaio laptop pc which is
> vintage 1998


That would be your firewire cable.
   It comes in two sizes. Same thing big and small.
Jim

> (64 MB ram, 6.4 GB hard drive, 300 MHz processor).  The DV
> IN/OUT jack is in a slot similar to the one you describe -- front right 
> side
> of camera, long, rectangular, covered by a door, and has a slot for the
> proprietary cable with RCA jacks on the other end. Sound familiar?
> Check for the DV In/OUT jack. If you have it, I think you can buy a 
> cable
> with i.Link connector on one end and firewire connector on the other, 
> thus
> allowing you to upload directly from your camera into your Mac. I 
> haven't
> needed this cable to connect to my Mac because I use a JVC deck instead 
> of
> the camera for editing purposes.
> I hope this makes sense.
> Susan
> p.s. So you're the guy I see at night when I look at Mauna Kea from the
> Kohala Coast.
>