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Greetings
First of all, please accept that I am a Luddite and that I live in the Dark Ages.....
I have steam-driven Canon XM2 video camera and an equally ancient mid 2011 iMac.
Hitherto, I been using a cable withe the mini dv connector on one end and Firewire 400 ( I think ) coupled to a small adapter with, I'm assuming Firewire 800 plug. It has now become loose and I spent quite a while figuring out why I couldn't import from the camera.
From my investigation it would appear that the adaptor is at fault (a bit wobbly in the socket), not the iMac (phew!).
MY problem (one of many associated with old age) is that I cannot interpret precisely what cable I need - i.e. whether it's a male to male or female to male connector.
Be gentle with me please. Anything suitable on Amazon UK? I would prefer to use a straightforward cable rather another adapter.
Thanks Mitch
First of all, please accept that I am a Luddite and that I live in the Dark Ages.....
I have steam-driven Canon XM2 video camera and an equally ancient mid 2011 iMac.
Hitherto, I been using a cable withe the mini dv connector on one end and Firewire 400 ( I think ) coupled to a small adapter with, I'm assuming Firewire 800 plug. It has now become loose and I spent quite a while figuring out why I couldn't import from the camera.
From my investigation it would appear that the adaptor is at fault (a bit wobbly in the socket), not the iMac (phew!).
MY problem (one of many associated with old age) is that I cannot interpret precisely what cable I need - i.e. whether it's a male to male or female to male connector.
Be gentle with me please. Anything suitable on Amazon UK? I would prefer to use a straightforward cable rather another adapter.
Thanks Mitch