Olympus DP25

[Element 56]

Hello,

I have an Olympus DP25 that I would like to hook up to my Windows 10 laptop. The DP25 uses a Firewire which I have no way to hook up.

The camera manual says to use an IEEE FIrewire cable and an IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI board. I started reading about hooking it up through the USB and got really confused really fast. I'm like a fish out of water with something like this and would really appreciate some help.

Has anyone here successfully done this?

Thank You,
Kirby

[daruosha]

Kirby,

what type of machine do you have? Mac? PC? Laptop or desktop? What's the operating system?

[Element 56]

Hi daruosha,

I have a Dell laptop with WIndows 10.

Thanks
Kirby

[daruosha]

Does it have thunderbolt port? What's the exact model of the laptop?

[daruosha]

Well, if you have a USB 3.0 on your laptop, you can use an adapter like this on to "adapt" the connection, not the connection protocol itself. I cannot guarantee a successful connection, but it's not a money loss I guess. Worth a try.

https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... FQQAvD_BwE

And it doesn't support audio (again, different connection protocol). But in your case, it doesn't matter at all.

A proper Firewire adapter works on a PCI bus, but I don't think your laptop has a PCI-EXpress slot.

[Element 56]

I was wrong the computer I'll be using is actually an HP not a Dell. It has Windows 10 and no thunderbolt port.

model, HP Laptop 15-daoxxx
sku, 5CP14UA#ABA
processer, intel (R) core (TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2701 Mhz, 2 Core(s); 4 Logical Pr...

Thanks!

[MichaelG.]

PCIe boards, to add FireWire 400 and/or 800 are readily available.

Note: The USB and FireWire protocols are very different ... so ‘adapters’ are best avoided.

MichaelG.

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Sorry ... it must be bedtime ... I’ve only just noticed the word ‘laptop’