I'd agree that firewire does seem to be disappearing. It's not common on newer camcorders like it was 10 years ago. For example, in 2000 nearly every Sony Digital8 camcorder had a firewire port. Now in 2010 I don't think Sony makes a camcorder that still uses firewire, it's all USB 2.0.
Having seen my ups and downs of firewire I can't say I'm sad to see it go, my experiences with USB have been much better and USB 3.0 looks like it will be amazing with the ability to transfer full HD movies in seconds at 400 MegaByte/s compared to USB 2.0's maximum of 60 MegaByte/s. I don't think there are any USB 3.0 camcorders available yet though. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Rieni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't think Firewire is going to disappear, but it's a format which > is considered pro and therefor not present on cheaper laptops and > desktops maybe? Firewire has been developed further into Firewire 2 > is and is still fully supported by Apple, and it's the only protocol > I use for connecting my external hard drives for HD editing. eSATA > seems to be faster but I never had to use it. > > I guess you should have checked the specs of the notebook before > buying it. You write it's small, is it a netbook maybe? Those are not > supposed to be used for things like video-editing and to make them as > small as possible, concessions have to be done, including adding as > little as connectors as possible. > > Rieni > > > At 29-9-2010 10:20, Dietmar H wrote: > > > > > >Dear friends, > >I have a problem - may be you can help me: I bought a new notebook, > >fast, small and nice, but it does not provide any firewire interface. I > >have a SONY HDV camcorder (2 years old, still nice and great) where I > >get my data only via firewire. What can I do? I know there is no > >possibility to connect USB and firewire - but is there a converter from > >eSATA to firewire? Because eSata is the only thing that my new lenobvo > >is offering... > >OMG, live coukd be so beautiful. > >Thanks in advance for any hint! Or should I really consider buying a new > >camera or even exchange my new notebook to a heavier one?Dietmar - with > >greetings from Berlin > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
