Laird Firewire Repeater - Adapters

Streckfus

Streckfus

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I'll be using DV Rack for a feature shoot this summer, and since we'll be doing a lot of handheld and tracking shots I'll be in need of some pretty long Firewire cables, which of course require the use of a repeater.

It's my understanding that the long Firewire cables (30' and 75') are 4-pin to 4-pin, and two repeaters are needed on either end of the long cable. The Laird LTM-FDR (http://www.lairdtelemedia.com/SearchProduct.asp?item=LTM-FDR&off=1) has 6-pin firewire ports.

I checked B&H and Markertek and didn't see any 4-pin to 6-pin adapters for firewire cables....can anyone point me in the right direction?
 
webdog said:
Here is the cable i got...

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] COMPREHENSIVE FW4P-FW4P-50[/FONT]
50' - 4-Pin To 4-Pin Firewire Cable
http://www.evsonline.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=FW4PFW4P50
Click to expand...

Thanks...gonna have to check that one out. Beats spending $300 on a trio of repeaters, that's for sure. Might have to go that route anyway because some setups are going to require a longer run than 50' (maybe) - but I guess it makes sense to at least test it w/o a repeater to begin with.
 
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