Re: FW adapter choices?

[Bruce Johnson]

> 
> On Apr 20, 2016, at 9:52 AM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Hi there: I want to connect an iSight camera to my Mini. Is there much of any 
> difference in connection quality between a FW-to-Thunderbolt adapter vs. a 
> FW-to-USB 3.0 adapter? Thanks!

Apple’s FW-Thunderbolt adapter has given me no problems, ever in all the years 
I've used it. I’ve never connected an iSight, but I have connected a video 
camera, without issue. No ideas about the USB 3 adapter…sad to say I still 
don’t have any Mac with a USB3 connection...

Get the FW800-TB one, connecting that to a FW400 port is just a matter of 
getting a FW cable that has a 400 connector on one end and an 800 on the other. 
$5 at Monoprice:  and it lets you 
connect to FW 800 ports as well (for things like Target mode on older Mac 
laptops and such. 

Monoprice also has the FW800 to FW 800 cable as well for about the same price.


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Re: FW adapter choices?

[Michael J. Amato]

I’ve been using a Newertech Firewire to 400 port adapter without a problem on 
my older mini.


> On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Hi there: I want to connect an iSight camera to my Mini. Is there much of any 
> difference in connection quality between a FW-to-Thunderbolt adapter vs. a 
> FW-to-USB 3.0 adapter? Thanks!
> 
> **
> 
> Bill in Maryland
> Late-2014 Mini, 256gb solid-state drive, 8gb RAM, current OS
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FW adapter choices?

[Bill Spencer]

Hi there: I want to connect an iSight camera to my Mini. Is there much of 
any difference in connection quality between a FW-to-Thunderbolt adapter 
vs. a FW-to-USB 3.0 adapter? Thanks!

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Bill in Maryland
Late-2014 Mini, 256gb solid-state drive, 8gb RAM, current OS

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