By brightonboudoir-photography , 1728048671
Strange request but I want to experiment with shooting tethered to a P25+ back. Anyone has an old firewire 400 laptop collecting dust that they want to sell?
WTB: Working laptop with Firewire 400 port
brightonboudoir-photography said, 1728056499
I suppose that would be the proper IEEE name. I think firewire was a Mac term. I've been using Macs since the late 90s so I don't know any different anymore. so yes, IEEE 1394
Unfocussed Mike said, 1728056931
You might want to investigate what the support for the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter cables is for the software and back in question, because it will significantly broaden the available laptops to a bunch of older Macs:
https://support.phaseone.com/knowledgebase/article/KA-01131/en-us
brightonboudoir-photography said, 1728110331
Not really fussed as long as it has a native IEEE 1394 port
indemnity said, 1728116694
OK, so I personally can't help you with MAC but failing being able to find a used laptop with driver required and suitable version of Windows then you could as an option get a latop that will let you install a 1394card in a port. You'll then need to install suitable windows version and legacy 1394 driver along with earlier version of C1, this being the actual faff.
There are apparently a couple of ways of using a more recent laptop and a particular hub with connecting cable that enables conversion from 1394 to usb c. There is information on PhaseOne Capture One for this. The hub that 'allegedly' works is available on Amazon at a price of about £220 plus connectors/cables at additional cost. I have a digi back and encountered connection issues but haven't pursued the solution of using a modern laptop yet, so can't provide any valuable first hand experience in doing such.....it is on the to do list.
Gothic Image said, 1728118858
indemnity said
OK, so I personally can't help you with MAC but failing being able to find a used laptop with driver required and suitable version of Windows then you could as an option get a latop that will let you install a 1394card in a port. You'll then need to install suitable windows version and legacy 1394 driver along with earlier version of C1, this being the actual faff.
In addition to this I've also found that the C1 drivers are sensitive to the actual Firewire chip in use. I also haven't managed to get anything to work with 64-bit software.
My setup uses an old Gateway "entertainment" laptop running the last 32-bit version of Windows 10 and the last 32-bit version of C1. It uses the legacy drivers and an external PCMCIA Firewire card as the embedded Firewire port (which uses a different chip) won't work. I've disabled Windows updates and WiFi for obvious reasons.
Huw said, 1728121668
My Thinkpad w530 has firewire. Pretty sure they all do, but worth checking. £200 or so from Ebay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267014216659?_skw=lenovo+w530&itmmeta=01J9E0TBYSJ4MEZ5YVRGNTZRV1&hash=item3e2b499bd3:g:DK8AAOSwmQ1m~l~d&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnuOaulJYCDX1DvcrCY1GqPt9L8VjdpthzMMUMhqvZN1cFUPCt96T14rYQ8DH9Cb3eFYXNN1OIUt2c0c%2BWI9iobEjuOPnHj6K5M%2Biev2bk5bxobR8BW8GlcbTEi2bMdyrplj52I5YFcpZn5UJqdF7PqekEo3cojU1tjDLUTpLMHlV3WPfPoxxDxZi6dgSLeL3qzlRuGtWaTpmC4DCsvTgvn478azM8w3RajGq6auSvi10KIOpkkqWU82mLwd3OykjFmrAHzWhi4RwfveLozZhd%2B%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7q_6cDLZA
Mine has 32GM RAM, built in colorimetry, etc. (not selling mine)
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indemnity said, 1728127639
To add to what Gothic Image has mentioned please let me add the following. The digiback was probably supplied with both 9-9 pin and 9-6 pin 1394 cables the 9-9 permits the draw of power to/from the back. I installed a double 1394 9 pin card into my desktop and the whole thing functioned fine using W7 OS and C1 v7, I have since disposed of the desktop only a couple of months ago but retained the 1394 card but as yet made no attempt to see if could be installed/used somehow in current set up. The purpose of mentioning this is that you might already have an old PC kicking about and a 1394 port card costs about £25 which would provide the possibility of giving it a go. Let me take this opportunity to warn anybody to not try a 1394 to usb 2 converter connector, it will fry the motherboard in your laptop....words of experience.
Gothic Image said, 1728128939
Huw said
User experience posting from a phone could be better....
Your 'phone has Firewire? :-)
Huw said, 1728130312
Gothic Image said
Huw said
User experience posting from a phone could be better....
Your 'phone has Firewire? :-)
No, but it has what might be described as “spellscramble” on PP.
Not spellcheck, much more random.
Rob Hill (robhillphoto) said, 1731849443
I've got a MacBook Pro 17" that's not been used in ages - it had a native Firewire port. Let me know if you're interested and I can get it out and find the exact spec etc.......
brightonboudoir-photography said, 1731885548
hmmm... that sounds interesting. Tell me more?
I've got a MacBook Pro 17" that's not been used in ages - it had a native Firewire port. Let me know if you're interested and I can get it out and find the exact spec etc.......