Firewire 400

[MacRuler]

how would i go about connecting a video camera with firewire 400 to a macbook air? is there adapters? what would be the cheapest method. thanks!

 

[Intell]

There is no way to get FireWire on a MacBook Air. No adapters exist.

 

[michael.lauden]

Actually, adapters do exist and are available at amazon

 

[Intell]

They are not true adapters. They only work for a very few things and are slow and unreliable.

 

[michael.lauden]

They are not true adapters. They only work for a very few things and are slow and unreliable.

It still is an adapter, and is still available. Of course USB 2.0, especially through an adapter, won't carry the same FW400/800 speeds (duh) .

At least he can still use his video camera with his MacBook Air!

 

[cube]

There are no adapters. There's only a video capture device for Windows which does not preserve the original quality.

 

[57004]

Actually, adapters do exist and are available at amazon

There's no USB to Firewire adapter in that list. Just a whole bunch of other adapters and cables, including some mislabeled stuff (like that "USB/1.1 Firewire to Serial" cable, that doesn't have Firewire at all).

However I can imagine someone offering a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter in the future though. But then you'd still need a MBA with Thunderbolt of course.