[MacDV] SONY camcorder - is it broken?

[revDAVE]

On 11/14/04 2:20 PM, "Gerhard Kuhn" <gerhardk at mac.com> wrote:

> The first thing I would try is to take the camera to a friend with a Mac and
> see if it will work with that system.  Then I would check if the cable is o.k.
> since they have been known to fail.  If neither of those options resolve the
> problem I would consider getting the camera serviced or it if it is time to
> upgrade look for a new model.
> 
> Gerhard


Thanks Gerhard. 

I have found the answer! Here is what I did...

-  I hooked the camera up (SONY dcr pc9 ntsc)  to my older G4 and  in
Worked perfectly ! YIPPEE -  it's not broken!
-   then I put it back on my G4 dual ( same working FireWire cable) -  and
the problem came back...   neither final cut pro or I movie would show any
video coming from the camera
-  so I decided to try swapping out the FireWire connection on the back of
the G4... And as I was hooking it up - I decided to take all other FireWire
hard drive connections out of the chain momentarily...
-  so I connected only the 1 FireWire cable into the camera -  then I booted
up -  and everything worked perfectly!

!!! So what I learned: is that this particular Sony camera (SONY dcr pc9
ntsc)  is sensitive to having too many FireWire devices in the chain ( I was
using 4 hard drives at the time)... Even when the camera is hooked directly
into the back of the G4!

That brings up another question:

 I noticed that there is a product that is a FireWire hub. I never really
saw a use for this before,  however maybe if it keeps the the connections
clean ( and maybe provides power to the line) -  then maybe it would solve
the problem. Do you think this might help?




--
Thanks - RevDave
Lists at domains4days.com
[db-lists]

Check out some great Domain Names at:
http://www.domains4days.com