Isight firewire extension cable

I need a 10 foot (or 3 meter) firewire cable that will fit the isight holder. Apple refers to this as a thin firewire and it must be able to snap in the transistion piece between the camera and the stand. Most aftermarket cables are too thick due to rubber caldding around plug. Has anybody found such a cable that fits??? Or maybe cut down the rubber to make it fit ? I am familiar with hubs and repeaters and it appears that firewire depot sells a male/female extension, but i'm looking for just the simple solution of a single cable.

Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Jan 19, 2006 4:11 PM

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Jan 19, 2006 6:45 PM in response to icemaker

User uploaded file I have not found a specific cable that fits the iSight mounting clips because I use the standard Apple cable.

Any Firewire Cable vendors that will guarantee that their extension cables are compatible with and will not cause damage to your iSight can be a potential source for you. Some of them may already have an available "thin" end for their cable that will work for your application.

If you already have a favorite vendor, you can ask for his help. If not, you can check with any of the vendors listed in the various links from this iSight Discussions search for "firewire extension cable" (without the quotation marks.)

Jan 19, 2006 11:07 PM in response to EZ Jim

Thanks Jim, but if you've ever tried to ask that type of question, even at the apple store. you know you wll be met with total ignorance. What's interesting is that apple supplies a 6 ft cable and then tells you to contact the apple store if you need a longer cable, specifiing that you get a thin apple firewire cable, which they don't have. Go figure !

Jan 26, 2006 2:22 AM in response to icemaker

OK, so I've found a solution that, while not as simple and elegant as a single cable, solves my problem. After looking at male/ female cables at venders like L-COM.COM( which also sells a nifty shielded panel connector that also can act as a connector between the apple cable and an after market cable), I decided that this would work best with the short apple isight firewire cable so as not to go beyond the recommended distance for firewire without a repeater. Well, these short cables aren't cheap(20.00 to 30.00 bucks). Then add the male/ female aftermarket cable($ 30.00) and it's starting to add up. I also looked at doing a little grinding to the apple mount or adapter(depending on which you use) and shaving down the rubber overmolding on a aftermarket cable, and this looked like it might work. But the final solution was to buy a Griffin sightlight($20.00 through Amazon) that has a real short female receptical that allows me to use any 10 foot cable I wish. This way I spent the least amount of money and got a useful accessory to boot !!

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