Which kind of firewire connector on HV20/30?

[Reid Welch]

I don't have the new camera yet.
Want to order a Firewire cable to feed camera data to the computer
and also an HDMI cable to play the camera into our HDTV.

Computer here has a six pin Firewire receptacle.
Is the HV20/30 socket the same six pin, or is it a four pin?

And about HDMI (I've never used any of these cables before),
are HDMI all terminated with the same plug---I just order any old HDMI cable?


Thank for helping me get it all going.

Reid

[Brian O]

The camera uses a 4-pin FireWire connector.

Someone else will have to answer the HDMI question, sorry.

[Kyleman]

The HV20/30's IEEE 1394 (firewire) has a 4-Pin connector. And all HDMI cables are the same (well, besides length, brand etc. of course).


-Kyle

[hazemabdulrab]

The HV20/30's IEEE 1394 (firewire) has a 4-Pin connector. And all HDMI cables are the same (well, besides length, brand etc. of course).


-Kyle

what up kyleman, that escape vid of urs is inspiring...

[Fred Dwyer]

In fact, HDMI cables come in several flavors. There are Type A, B, And C connectors and each of those divides into Male and female.

[Reid Welch]

Thanks Fred, thanks kyleman! OK, so need to order a 4pin to 6pin firewire cable.

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But what about the HDMI? My TV's inlet is full sized HDMI female.
Which size termination does the camera take: full size "Male", or "Mini Male"?

male to mini-male HDMI

http://www.firefold.com/Categories/HDMI-Products.aspx

[Kyleman]

Thanks Hazem! And no problem Reid

[Reid Welch]

I cannot order the HDMI cable until I know for sure

which size termination does the camera take: full size "Male" or "Mini Male"?
(see the picture a couple of postings above)


Thanks to the first person who has an HV20/30 and the vital answer

[mqsmith777]

Don't know about HV20, but the HV30 takes a full-size HDMI male cable. Quite irritating as I bought a really expensive mini-HDMI male to female connector only to find that Canon was genius enough to have a standard HDMI plug on the HV30. You probably don't even need to buy a cable now.

It has a small / 4 pin IEEE1394 hole too.

[Reid Welch]

Thanks a million, mqsmith777.
Now I can order cables.

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http://www.firefold.com/contactus.aspx

done, hooray!

[Reid Welch]

...Don't know about HV20, but the HV30 takes a full-size HDMI male cable...

Now I have the camera, it arrived two days ago.
Today the cables arrived, this is what I have:

Neither of the cable-types fit to the camera.

Problem: Despite advice given right above,
I cannot find a full-sized HDMI cable socket on HV30. I am not known for good eyesight.

All that I can find on the camera in the way of funny sockets are:
=a mini USB under the LCD screen
=a mini socket (firewire?) on the other side labled "component out".



Images:
upper plug is the Canon-supplied component-out cable

lower plug is the termination on the "four pin" end of the above-cited firewire cable; it won't fit the camera.


Please help. I want to capture footage into the computer.
The supplied USB to mini USB cable is no good for that, is it?

[Rumpelgeist]

I want to capture footage into the computer.
The supplied USB to mini USB cable is no good for that, is it?

FireWire & RTFM.

[Erik Bien]

Problem: Despite advice given right above,
I cannot find a full-sized HDMI cable socket on HV30. I am not known for good eyesight.

Reid,

On the rear of the camera just to the right of the battery (above the AC power jack) is a narrow vertical flap covering the FireWire and HDMI ports.

[Reid Welch]

Reid,

On the rear of the camera just to the right of the battery (above the AC power jack) is a narrow vertical flap covering the FireWire and HDMI ports.

Thanks a million, Erik.
The flap was found instantly by feel as soon as I read your cue.

Ah, and there, on pg. 67 of the manual, is instruction.
I can hardly read print on paper lately due to some recent loss of vision
to which I have not yet adjusted.

Thanks for saving me from myself. Much obliged.

[morstua]

hello guys

i plugged my camera with a firewire cable

on windows i have the nose of the periferial workin

i cant visualize the camera on "my computer"

i dont visualize either with after effects

how do i import the footage on my pc?

thank you

[ForteD]

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