Julian, while I don't disagree with the need to buy good shielded cables, I would suggest that there are many suppliers that are more cost effective than the cable that Apple sells.
There's always the possibility that the specific cable you had was faulty. The connector manufacturing, as well as the cable itself could have been marginal, causing the problem. What I'm saying is that buying a cable for 10x the price isn't always the necessary solution. -kris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Julian Vrieslander > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Interferences > > As long as we are schmoozing about cables, I will put in a > reminder to be wary of cheap Firewire cables. A few months > ago, I was having some intermittent problems with my Nikon > LS-4000. The source turned out to be a 3m FW cable that I > had installed, so that I could move the scanner to a table > next to my desk. The cable was a non-branded item purchased > from an online store. Don't know if the problems were caused > by interference, or signal degradation in the cable. I > replaced it with a cable purchased from the local Apple > store, and the scanner now works fine. > > Interestingly, the Apple FW cables are much thinner than the > others I have seen. > > -- > Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with > 'unsubscribe filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the > message title or body > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
