More Digital Photography Talk

[mistygirl]

I recently got some great shots on our 1400 acre farm. Deer and Wild boar. This was with a Canon XL1 3ccd Digital video camcorder. What kind of cord do I use to be able to put it on my computer? Does anyone know.  

[rhinorick]

It will take a usb cable of some sort, probably.  Have you checked in the manual or online for the cable specs?

[rhinorick]

The Canon site HERE, makes it sound like the cable may have come in the box.

I am not familiar with video cameras, so I am not sure if one of those video cables connects to the computer or not.

Anyone else have some input?

[ShutterbugGail]

Welcome mistygirl!

We deal primarily with digital cameras at Digicamhelp, but looking at the manual for this camcorder, it needs to connect with the provided cable to a computer via a firewire port:

"XL1S is equipped with a DV terminal that
conforms to IEEE 1394*. By connecting the XL1S
to your computer, you can capture still images or
motion images on your PC."

If your computer or notebook doesn't have a firewire port, I suggest calling Canon to see if they have a usb or other adapter.


*firewire