Please, if you will, explain the firewire basic for Canon as well as "basic protocol". As a novice this may answer some of my difficulties. Thank you. Norman On Apr 11, 2006, at 1:29 PM, sb wrote: > You can use Firewire machine control with this camera and virtually > all Sony > camcorders. Firewire basic is mostly for Canon cameras. > > regards, > > sb >> Use firewire basic protocol. >