A technology similar to USB:
It comes in two versions...
Firewire 400 (IE1394a)
400 MB/second
and
Firewire 800 (IE1394b)
800 MB/Second
Firewire is used mainly for transferring large amounts of data, such as digital video and/or sound.
Firewire is rapidly becoming the de-facto standard for music recording and production, particularly Firewire800.
Any devise that is made to work with firewire. Such as a hard drive.
can you get a usb adapter for a firewire cable
can you get a usb adapter for a firewire cable
Firewire 800 has twice the bandwidth of the Firewire 400.The number is the throughput in Megabits.
firewire
Firewire connections are connections for Firewire devices to connect to a computer or some other Firewire device. They are often found on digital video cameras and high level digital audio equipment.
eSATA is faster than FireWire and firewire is faster than USB.
The Canon ZR90 works with a Mac. It uses a FireWire connection so you will need a suitable FireWire cable and a FireWire 800/400 adapter if the Mac only has a FireWire 800 socket.
i am assuming that you know what a firewire is. not all computers come with a firewire input. if your computer doesn't have a firewire IN. then you have to buy a card, which gives you the acessability to plug a firewire cable into your computer.
2x faster
Firewire, also known as IEEE 1394 and i.Link
No FireWire does not need a separate power supply to operate. FireWire is used to connect peripheral devices to a computer.