does such a thing exist. We bought my sister in law this camcorder:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1130983394389

her pc only has usb connections.

Whats my other option? firewire card?

 

you SUre she doesn't have a 1394 connection? it would seem odd if she didn't

what kind of comp she has?

 

We bought a new computer for my sister after thanksgiving and it doesn't have a 1394 connection either so they are out there.

As for the firewire to USB cable check with Apple. I believe they created firewire. I could be wrong but I think I read that somewhere.

 

firewire isn't as common as you think. I just built a very studly computer with a great motherboard, and it doesn't have firewire. There's not a demand enough for it. Here, check this out for another option.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815124003

Ryan

 

its a 3 year old lower end dell.

 

I dont want to go the add on card route if i dont have to

 

As far as firewire I know of is the cable from camera to USB connection is a firewire.

Are you ready fo this ?

Can you take a pic of the connection on the camera ?

 

waddya mean jake? Easy as 1, 2, 3.

1. Open case, plug in card. Close case
2. Boot computer, load drivers.
3. Reboot and enjoy!

$15 and a reasonably easy task seemed okay to me...

Ryan

 

no they are out there, just bought my daughter a laptop had to pay $$$ to get one with fire-wire.

 

Yea, I know, Theyre just Freaks about "modding " stuff

 

if you dont mod your computers, then whats the purpose in building one?

 

to the original guestion...no, firewire(ieee1394) and USB are totally different. there is no firewire to USB cable

you would have to add a ieee1394 card to import the video from the camcorder. some video editing software comes with the ieee1394 card packaged with it

 

cool, thanks for the info