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I believe I have a dv to FireWire cable, but i am unsure if the FireWire is 400 or 800 variant.
when i look inside the FireWire end there appears to be 6 contacts.
i want to know as i have a iMac (13,2) late 2013 running OCLP Ventura 13.6.2, and thinking of using this cable, into a FireWire to thunderbolt cable, but if the cable is 400 I’ll need a FireWire 400 to 800 converter between the two.
attached is the cable ends.
iMac 27″, macOS 13.6
Yes that is correct.
You need a FireWire 400 to 800 adapter and the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter.
For example's
see > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/971879-REG/pearstone_a_fw96_fw_adapter_9_pin_male.html/?
Yes that is correct.
You need a FireWire 400 to 800 adapter and the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter.
For example's
see > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/971879-REG/pearstone_a_fw96_fw_adapter_9_pin_male.html/?
That's a FireWire 400 cable. FireWire 800 uses 9-pin connectors.
(247911)
FireWire 400 uses 4-pin and 6-pin connectors. The 4-pin ones, found on many MiniDV and DIgital8 camcorders, carry data, but not power.
Great thanks, so looks like will need a 400 to 800 converter if I want to use the Apple FireWire (800) to thunderbolt cable
‘using with a Sony DCR-PCR100E mini DV camcorder.
Physical difference between FireWire 400 v 800
