elagoFireWire 400 to 800 Adapter (White) for Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac and All Other Computers

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!

Had to buy this to put on my firewire cable to use it with my Macbook

I love this adapter. It works perfectly to connect old iPods and hard drives to modern computers.

Let's say you just bought a new Mac. And you realize it has a Firewire 800 slot. And you have a few Firewire 400 hardrive enclosures you'd rather not get rid of.Instead of going out and buying a new set of Firewire400 to Firewire800 cables to use with your mac and existing Firewire hard drives, this is the economical solution to your problems. Just buy this and you can continue to use your old FW400 cables and save yourself some money.The adapter has a FW400 slot at one end where you plug in your existing FW400 cable and a FW800 plug at the other end which you plug into your Mac's FW800 slot. The adapter itself is chunky, and is a tight fit in the slot right next to my mini DP to DVI adapter but it does fit and it works.There have been no random disconnects or data dropouts during my usage of the adapter to connect my external hard drives and transfer data to and from my mac. I have two of these and both work perfectly on my computer.Considering the fact that other companies sell a single Firewire 800 to 400 adapter for prices ranging between 10 to 12 dollars, this is definitely a good value buy at $6.99However, if you're looking for a flexible product that fits more easily next to your Mini DP to Mini DVI adapter, the moshi FireWire 800 to 400 adapter may be an option you should consider.Hope this helps!

Tried many ways/products to transfer mini DV tapes from Canon camcorder into iMac/laptop with no luck. None of the USB/thunderbolt adaptors were recognized by my computers. I dug out an old MacBook Pro with a firewall port and using this adaptor I was able to stream movies into the laptop. Will trim them there or push onto and SD card and transfer to MAcAir or iMac. I was about to give up until I found this simple solution.

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 800Then this little "elago" adaptor FW800 to 400And 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!

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.