Firewire connection

smelni · Jul 27, 2006

Has anyone found a good connection to use for the firewire port that has strain relief or an elbow - that port is so darn weak

David Saraceno · Jul 27, 2006

We purchased a L-shape plug exactly for this reason.

smelni · Jul 27, 2006

can you point me to where you got one?

David Saraceno · Jul 27, 2006

smelni · Jul 27, 2006

thanks for the link - so do you use a 4 to 6 pin and then a connector to a full cable?

David Saraceno · Jul 27, 2006

No, I bought a L-shape 4 pin connector cable with a six pin at the other end - 10 feet.

erniediaz · Jul 28, 2006

I made a 20 feet working Firewire cable in DVCpro 100 (HD720 and 1080, 24p, 30p, 30i, varycam, etc)

Here the diagram, (updated March-06-2007)

Note the cross-connection (Twisted pair) between TPA - & TPB + and TPB - & TPA +

Good Luck´