Get a DV camcorder with USB output? I don't know if they exist...

At 27-12-2011 20:49, Mike Boom wrote:
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>
>Happy end of 2011, everyone -- and best wishes for a 2012 that
>improves substantially on its predecessor.
>
>I have an end-of-year question for people who still work with
>Firewire-downloading camcorders and may have a computer that doesn't
>have a Firewire port: how do you download your footage into your computer?
>
>I know that you can get a Firewire card for a desktop computer or a
>laptop with an expansion slot, but if you're using a computer that
>has no expansion capabilities other than a USB port, is there a
>working conversion device that converts Firewire to USB? I ask for a
>friend who just bought three computers with no Firewire capability.
>
>He bought a "Firewire to USB" converter that didn't work at all, and
>after more on-line research determined that Firewire and USB data
>streams are too different for easy conversion. That may be true, but
>I'm not sure. I'm stuck on a ranch in extreme rural Montana with 15
>minutes of Internet access a day, so I can't effectively Google the
>question. I thought I'd ask here instead.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike Boom





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