Canon and FW drives

Gordon B. Alley galley at texas.net
Fri Dec 5 07:31:51 PST 2003


I have a ZR 40, and as recently as OS X 10.2.x, I was NOT able to 
import directly to an external FireWire drive. I haven't tried it yet 
with 10.3.

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:37:41 -0500, Richard Brown <richfbrown at mac.com> wrote:

>I have a ZR10 and I can import directly to an external Firewire drive.
>
>
>On Dec 4, 2003, at 4:48 PM, David Crump wrote:
>
>>  Okay, here's the quote I was referring to with the canon cameras:
>>  "Can't import or export to FireWire disks with Canon camcorders
>>  If you are using a Canon DV camcorder, you will not be able to import
>>  or export directly to a FireWire disk. Instead, import or export to
>>  your internal disk and copy to the FireWire disk later. "
>>
>>  Does anyone know if this is still an issue with Canons as new as the
>>  ZR60?  It just may be a problem if you have a slow or full internal
>>  drive.
>>
>  > Dave.

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