Posted by davesvideo@aol.com on 12/19/05 03:12

John Mycroft wrote:

> Circuit City here I come for a firewire card & cable. I'm still left
> wondering why Sony provide USB software that doesn't work but it's a mystery
> I can live without solving.

The earlier Digital camcorders all had firewire and no USB. There were
also digital still cameras that came with memory sticks and USB ports
for loading pictures to the computer. Then someone decided that people
might want camcorders that could also take still pictures and began
adding USB ports as well as firewire. The last Digital camcorder that I
bought was this kind and came with a USB cable (no firewire cable and
no memory stick). I do not care about that function and so have never
bought the memory stick, nor did I ever bother to load the software
disk. When I want digital stills, I use a digital still camera. I can
see how it could be confusing.

Dave

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