Connecting a 1394 firewire from Canon XHA1 to my new 27" I Mac

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Connecting a 1394 firewire from Canon XHA1 to my new 27" I Mac

The Canon manual says it only takes a 1394 cable ( 4 to 6 in)which is fire wire 400. This has been working well on my old G5. The port is firewire 800. Will this port take a different 400 firewire 1394 cable. If not what would be the solution?

27" IMAC, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Will be using the latest FCP Studio 7

Posted on Jan 22, 2010 8:30 PM

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kguy

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Jan 22, 2010 8:35 PM in response to azurescene

Hi- You have a choice. You can purchase an adaptor like this one...

http://www.amazon.com/elago-FireWire-400-800-Adapter/dp/B002TF0ZDQ/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264221243&sr=8-1-spell

Or a cable like this one...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027DS53C/ref=s9simi_gw_s2_p23_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1768JMV0TS55W9H J2F65&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rdi=507846

Both the adaptor and cable are under $5. The adaptor is good if you want to continue using the old canon cable you have been using all this time.

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