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Connecting Canon XL-1 to Macs
- Thread starter harleyron
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The G5 should have come with a 6pin to 4pin Firewire cable. If not, it shouldn't be more than $20 at your local electronics retailer. You then connect the camera, open iMovie, enter capture mode, then start playing on the camera, and the video will stream to the computer.
TEG
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www.monoprice.com or any well sorted electronics shop.
Btw, the DV port on the XL-1 is a Firewire 400 port with 4-pins (as already hinted at by TEG), thus you either need a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire cable or a 4-pin to 9-pin Firewire cable, if one of your Macs has only Firewire 800 ports.
All you need is a 4 pin to 6 pin firewire cable and then a 6pin Firewire 400 to firewire 800 adapter for the new macbook pros.
Adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-FireWire-400-Adapter-FAD-824/dp/B0000CDJPQ
Cable:
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F3N401...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1285600889&sr=1-1
Adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-FireWire-400-Adapter-FAD-824/dp/B0000CDJPQ
Cable:
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F3N401...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1285600889&sr=1-1
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No need for any adapter, as there are several 4-pin to 9-pin cables out there.
The G5 also has a Firewire 800 port on the back.
But since the OP didn't specify the MBP, your route is the more pragmatic one.
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