for the apple users..

haagen_dazs · 12th April 2006

if you use a mac for processing..
was wondering what is the difference between the
firewire 400 port and firewire 800 port?
it it only to do with speed related issues? (physical design is the same?)
just wondering
thanks

espn · 12th April 2006

Speed of transfer from IEEE 1394 devices to the system, eg: cardreader, but that's also if the IEEE 1394 device supports FW800 as well.

madmacs · 12th April 2006

the connectors are different. i guess if you have a fw800 hdd you might see some speed improvements in disk access. so far havent come across any fw800 card readers.

theRBK · 15th April 2006

er...FW800 also for windows too...but prob only useful at the moment if you have to connect multiple harddrives in RAID to your computer...cause harddrive read speed is the problem at the moment, not bandwidth speed...I think Buffalo or someone has such a product somewhere cause think I remember seeing it at ITshow...cardreaders at the moment don't even make use of the full bandwidth of FW400 or USB2 HS...and for teathered shooting, even Phase One says that FW400 is good enough for their P45 39Mpixel backs...

12th April 2006	#1
haagen_dazs Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New YorkNew JerseyBoston Posts: 1,074	for the apple users.. if you use a mac for processing.. was wondering what is the difference between the firewire 400 port and firewire 800 port? it it only to do with speed related issues? (physical design is the same?) just wondering thanks __________________ Regards, Mark Pang www.markpangphotography.com

12th April 2006	#2
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	Re: for the apple users.. Speed of transfer from IEEE 1394 devices to the system, eg: cardreader, but that's also if the IEEE 1394 device supports FW800 as well.

12th April 2006	#3
madmacs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,436	Re: for the apple users.. the connectors are different. i guess if you have a fw800 hdd you might see some speed improvements in disk access. so far havent come across any fw800 card readers. __________________ My Photos On Multiply

15th April 2006	#4
theRBK Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,807	Re: for the apple users.. er...FW800 also for windows too...but prob only useful at the moment if you have to connect multiple harddrives in RAID to your computer...cause harddrive read speed is the problem at the moment, not bandwidth speed...I think Buffalo or someone has such a product somewhere cause think I remember seeing it at ITshow...cardreaders at the moment don't even make use of the full bandwidth of FW400 or USB2 HS...and for teathered shooting, even Phase One says that FW400 is good enough for their P45 39Mpixel backs...