elago FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter for Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, iMac | Compatible with all other computers, Thunderbolt, 6 Pin to 8 Pin, Compact, Perfect Fit, Fast, works flawlessly (Black)

Used with a 2010 Mac Pro and 2015 MacBook Pro with Belkin Thunderbolt dock to connect a Sony HDV MiniDV camcorder. Works flawlessly.

This is a handy little component to have around. Thank you for the quick service and for such a fine item.

The Firewire 400->800 and Apple Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt 2 arrived on time and as described in the product write-up. The Firewire 400->800 adapter is compact, and one of three or four adapters you'll need to chain together to convert DV Tape to digital movie for storage on an iMac or the cloud. Since I have an older and newer iMac, I already had some cables. First, I connected my JVC DV camera to the DV->Firewire 400 cable included with the camera. Second, I connected the Firewire 400->800 adapter. The fit from the Firewire 400 plug was tight. At first I thought it wasn't fitting correctly, but pushing it in firmly responded with a satisfying "click". Finally, the Firewire 400->800 adapter was plugged to the Firewire 800->Thunderbolt 2 adapter (also pictured in the second photo. This plugged into my older iMac. I turned on the camera's power, loaded a tape, and started iMovie on the iMac. Using File>Import in iMovie started a new window showing my JVC GR-DVL510U camera. iMovie provides all the controls for the camera. Total setup ~10 minutes. NOTE: Conversion is in Real time. The entire conversion worked flawlessly with the converter!

The elago FW 400 to 800 adapter saves a lot of space in a laptop case. I've been carrying extra cables for different situations, but this adapter enables using one FW 400 cable for both kinds of drives. Why is it, however, that the computer designers are hellbent on crowding inputs together as closely as possible, but cable and adapter manufacturers (particularly USB flash drives) are making their devices bulkier. The one drawback with the elago adapter is the swathing of plastic wrapping the 400 to 800 connector. The elago crowds the adjacent USB ports on my Mac Book Pro so much that a flash drive cannot be used in that port when the elago is in place. Maybe careful whittling or filing would bring it down to the correct girth. On the plus side: the adapter works flawlessly and is priced right.

Okay, I use windows, Linux and Mac. For various different applications. And I want to continue using my excellent Canon Vixia HV-30 MiniDV camera that is ONLY 5 or 6 years old. To me that's NEW! I upgraded to a new Mac machine (which is my film- and infotainment only system) iMac 2,9 i5 and came upon Mac's backwards compatibility issue, this one of having NO FIRE WIRE PORTS at all. To say the least, I was sceptical. So I chained up the Thunderbolt to FW 800 Then this little "elago" adaptor FW800 to 400 And into it I stuck the old FW 400 cable to the camera. I had to "shove" it in, but that was ok. > BINGO! < The (newly bought) Final Cut program recognized the camera without a hick-up. Everything works smoothly and nice. I have only transferred 10 minutes of stuff onto the mac but this little piece works just fine and the small size is a plus. The price is ok, certainly more fair than the whatever $29 or $39 it would be from a mac store. Otherwise I have no tech specs to report regarding speed etc. It works for my filming-projects.

This product appears to be of very decent quality. It worked flawlessly as one segment of a 4-part daisy-chain to connect a 90's era Sony digital video camera with a firewire IEEE port to a Lenovo Yoga 730 Thunderbolt 3 port. Two of the four segments were Apple products. My Corel Video Studio Ultimate recognized the digital signal immediately and downloaded my video perfectly. The only issue I had was when I first tried plugging the firewire into it. It did not want to go in. Before "trying to fit a square peg into a round hole", I examined both pieces carefully. This connector has some "ribs" that poke into the firewire opening, and I decided that they were simply to hold the wire in place. Sure enough the firewire snapped in and was very snug. I decided to just leave it attached since that was its sole purpose!

You correctly get what you order. Quality is good and service is excellent.

Works. Didn't break. Why 3-stars? Yes it worked without any issue at all. However, when I have this adapter plugged in, it is loose. I can wiggle the adapter about 10-15 degrees left or right. That makes me worry that it will damage the pins. Granted, the device I have plugged into this is stationary and does not move. I also do not plug and unplug the device - it stays plugged in. However, I do not get a secure "click" or firm attachment when I plug the adapter in. I would have liked to see a better, more stable design. The device works as advertised however - I have not had any cable-adapter related problems in two weeks of regular use.

El artículo cumple perfecto con su función. Conecté mi cámara de video mini DV a mi Mac Pro 5,1 sin problemas y pude capturar los viejo videos.

The adapter works well as a set of 4 adapters from a video camera to a MacBook Pro. works well.

Nothing to say. It just works.

I still use a FireWire 400 to 400 cable with my Phase One digital backs, so this will let me use the 800 port as well on my 17" Apple Macbook Pro when working on location. Works great.

This enables me to connect my Sony HDV 1080i cam with firewire 400 directly to a 2017 iMac firewire 800 socket using the Elago adaptor and a standard firewire 400 cable.. I had tried two different 400 "out" to 800 "in" cables but the iMac could not see the video or sound feed. Now All my old mini DV tapes are back in action and my excellent Sony with the Carl Zeiss lens that had become previously obsolete is back in use and I am very happy. Well done Elago. Thank you Amazon.