My new laptop does not have a firewire port or PCMCIA slot. How can I hook up my MiniDV Camcorder to get videos on to my computer?
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My new laptop does not have a firewire port or PCMCIA slot. How can I hook up my MiniDV Camcorder to get videos on to my computer?
Indeed so you contact them and ask them to help you with your problem
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Most likely, opiate, you will need to get something like a StarTech USB to ExpressCard adapter and a 1394 card to plug into it.
The adapter offers data transfer at up to 480 Mb/sec, so it should work fine for your camera. Will your old card work? Not sure. Expresscard is NOT compatible with either PCMCIA or CardBus standards. But, I bet if you search on newegg or Amazon, you can find a usb adapter that would work with the older cards if you have one.
I have a cardbus 1394 adapter....so I need to make sure the adapter is cardbus compatible, right...
Right, you'll either need to shop for an external adapter that supports a Cardbus device, or shell out for a new Expresscard Firewire adapter.
duh, I do have an ExpressCard slot....so I'll order an expresscard 1394 add on. I thought it was a media reader slot....I'm getting old I guess.
Thanks again ya'll
All the different formats for memory cards and expansion cards are enough to confuse everybody. Glad it's sorted out.