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Firewire cable (cheap or expensive)

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Bakody

New member
Hi,
I'm new to the word of digital back and now I'm confused which firewire cable is good for me. I will use it with a leaf c-most back and between firewire cables there are big price differences. What's the difference between cheap firewire cables, like this: Access Denied Ebay search, cheap firewire 800-400 cable.
and between this: https://www.digitalback.com/product/phase-one-firewire-800-to-400-cables/
Both of them is fine to use? Are you using this cheap firewire cable?
 
kdphotography

kdphotography

Well-known member
The cheap cables may work fine, but they are definitely not heavy duty as the better cable you have listed. Outside of 3ft vs 14.8 feet in length---if you go the cheap route, I'd make sure to have a few extra on hand just in case. I have a new Phase FW800 and FW400 cable and they are definitely heavier than the other FW cables I have on the shelf. Can't tell you about the innards and power charging differences as I don't use the FW cables for shooting.

ken
 
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