<DIV>No..never thought of doing it that way . the drive is connected to the computer via 400firewire and the camera is connected to the computer using the other fire wire port. </DIV>
<DIV>Is there any other way? I assume there needs to be software involved somewhere. <BR><BR><B><I>ShirleyK <ShirleyKat@cox.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">And do you attach the camera to the drive instead of the computer? That <BR>would not have occurred to me. I'd attach it to the computer and send <BR>the data to the external drive (not that I really know how to do that <BR>either). Is that an inefficient way to do it?<BR><BR>Shirley<BR><BR><BR>On Apr 29, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Vtstream wrote:<BR><BR>> I am currently using a Lacie 200gb external Hard drive on an imac G5<BR>> for the scratch capture disk using a canon gL1 with firewire 400.<BR>> So far it seems to work just fine.<BR>><BR>> macminialacool@mac.com wrote:<BR>> Hey,<BR>><BR>> A discussion that I started on the Apple discussion board but does<BR>> anyone know if a Canon miniDV camcorder can be attached to a LaCie<BR>> external hard drive for capturing or to a Firewire hub. People have<BR>> told me it cannot and does not work which is why I may
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