how to connect my camcorder to my MBA by firewire

[roslee7]

i have an old camcorder using firewire. How can i connect my MBA coz its dont come with it.

 

[costabunny]

i have an old camcorder using firewire. How can i connect my MBA coz its dont come with it.

I am not sure you can - Ive not seen a USB-FW system anywhere (tho someone else may have)

google?

 

[n0de]

You can't.

The only FW>USB converters available are windows only and they do not work very well.

 

[eXan]

i have an old camcorder using firewire. How can i connect my MBA coz its dont come with it.

No way to do so.

 

[CyberBob859]

Find another machine that has firewire, import the video using that computer, then transfer the file to your MBA.

Thank you Apple for making our lives more difficult.

 

[sparkie7]

SURELY Apple can squeeze a Firewire 800/400 port in the next revision of the MBA? or at the very least a 2nd USB

 

[andiwm2003]

SURELY Apple can squeeze a Firewire 800/400 port in the next revision of the MBA? or at the very least a 2nd USB

they won't.

more likely is a USB 3.0 port. then it might be possible to get an adaptor to FW400.

for $149 or so.

 

[sparkie7]

Pathetic. How ridiculous. All these extra adapters defeat the whole concept of ultra portability. or am i missing something here

 

[Darth.Titan]

The Air was designed as a secondary computer. It was never meant to be a user's sole machine. It was also not designed with video editing in mind.

I can understand griping about the lack of firewire on the new MacBooks, but on the Air? Not so much...

 

[sparkie7]

Yes Lord Vader. You make some valid points. But err.. so everyone has to carry their MBA with 4+ adapters and accessories everytime?

 

[SFStateStudent]

As the posters have mentioned, transferring the video to another computer then transferring to my MBA has always worked out for me. I also don't have a problem transferring the video to an external hard drive; saving me valuable hard drive space. I use Quicktime Pro, FCP HD, Pages and PS CS on a regular basis with my MBA...

 

[rjphoto]

It was also not designed with video editing in mind.

I can understand griping about the lack of firewire on the new MacBooks, but on the Air? Not so much...

Maybe not as a primary focus, but I think the Apple Mind set is leaning towards the Flash/HDD camcorders that are becoming more popular in the consumer line. The all use USB2 AFAIK.

That still doesn't help me with 2 FW camcorders, 1 FW still camera and 7 or 8 FW Drives. Only one of the FW drives have USB and the still camera's USB is USB1 IIRCC.

I was depending on the new MacBooks to have at lease FW400. Guess I'll need to save a few more months for MBP. (or ask for a raise from my day job and increase my rates for my freelance customers.)

 

[gooddeal]

I just don't understand why there're so many people who don't want/need the Air come here and start bashing the Air. This is almost like you don't like a 2 seats roadster but you go there and starting bashing how bad it's because it's a small car and you cannot fit more than 2 people...etc.

 

[SFStateStudent]

+1 ^^^ I've been able to make do with the assumed limitations of the MBA.

 

[roslee7]

hi

thanks ya for all suggestion and info. appreciated. apparently, the good idea to download the video into another computer as DV format and copy to my external hardisk.