P2

[Tom_Vayianos]

I'm sure this has been addressed (couldn't find any info though) and it is an extremely basic question but I am new to this, sorry......

do you need to get a P2 drive in order to transfer the footage to your computer or can you plug the camera into your camera via firewire and transfer it?

thanks.

 

[David Saraceno]

You can transfer the p2 card contents to PC and Mac using USB and/or firewire connection directly from the camcorder

Do not need anything else

 

[Tom_Vayianos]

thanks

 

[Arson]

You don't need a specialized p2 drive. P2 uses any laptop pcmcia slot, you can also buy a pci to pcmcia adapter for your desktop.

Avoid the usb to pcmcia adapter unless you have to as usb is cpu intensive.

 

[Dan Montgomery]

Tom, the problem of course in using your camera as a card reader is the limit of material on the card(s) before you must stop shooting and transfer. Many people either use the battery powered P2 Store or a G4 laptop with a FireWire hard disk for the transfer tasks.

 

[FeltSoulMedia]

how do you mount the p2 card through the firewire connection to the desktop? nothing seems to be happening when I switch over to mcr mode with the firewire connection to my mac book pro.

 

[David Saraceno]

Did you hold the MCR button in for about 3 seconds until "firewire connect" appeared on the screen?

 

[Dick Campbell]

yes, you need to hold the button down until the camera goes into "PC" mode.

 

[CacheMoneyVideo]

you also need to make sure in Camera Menu in 9. OTHER FUNCTIONS>PC MODE is set to 1394 Device, default i think is USB. Hope that helps.

 

[Arson]

i think it works this way: it is set to firewire if you are trying to connect a pc via usb (like mine was) or if you are trying to connect via firewire to your mac it will be set to USB.