Best Firewire Drive for the Price?

[Craig T]

Hello, I've decided to buy a Firewire external hard drive to use in the field with the HVX200 when I shoot my 20min short.

- I'm thinking an 80GB drive might be enough, since I can come back to my PC at midday and empty it. Yes? - No? ( I'm on a budget, the HVX200 belongs to a crew member)
- Can you recommend a good one? The link below are ones I was looking at.

http://www.promax.com/Products/Detail/27487

http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=20125167&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=27290767&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=26890319&bmUID=1149001628684#learnmore

http://reviews.cnet.com/Iomega_External_Hard_Drive_FireWire_800_FireWire_4 00_USB_250GB/4505-3186_7-31119038.html


Thanks Craig

[David Saraceno]

The best?

Not iOmega in my view.

One company that makes great enclosures is:

wiebetech.com.

More expensive, but I think they're the best.

[shorelinedigital]

The best?

Not iOmega in my view.

One company that makes great enclosures is:

wiebetech.com.

More expensive, but I think they're the best.

Loving my 100gb bus-powered Weibe drive. Good for transfers as well as editing in the field.

[Craig T]

Does the drive get power from the camera when tranferring or does it have it's batteries, etc. ?

[shorelinedigital]

Does the drive get power from the camera when tranferring or does it have it's batteries, etc. ?

Must be powered from the mac USB bus.

[Milezee]

The HVX can't supply bus power on USB or firewire, this is a common misconception.

You need a battery powered drive, either USB OTG or firewire.

I prefer firewire as the transfer can be verified by the camera but there is limited choice of firewire enclosures with battery power.

[David Saraceno]

Very difficult to find a self powered firewire drive that is portable.

And with good battery life.