Hopefully USB 3.0 camcorders (and other devices) won't take as long as firewire to bring to the market.
It would be ironic, everyone waited for years for firewire to become a reality, and now it is disappearing and no one is noticing. joe salerno On 9/29/2010 6:55 AM, James wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
