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Canon Digital to Pc or Macbook

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  • 14-02-2021 9:17pm
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    Eicar
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi, i have an old canon camera still works perfect ffor taking videos etc but does anyone know how i can transfer tgese videos to my pc or macbook. I got a video grabber set in lidl one time and did everything as it says but it wont oic up the canon camera when connected.

    Any help appreciated :)


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    CelticRambler
    Registered Users Posts: 6,695 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    "Old Canon camera" is a bit vague! If you could tell us the model, it'd be a lot easier to give you accurate advice.


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    Irishphotodesk
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    Eicar wrote: »
    Hi, i have an old canon camera still works perfect ffor taking videos etc but does anyone know how i can transfer tgese videos to my pc or macbook. I got a video grabber set in lidl one time and did everything as it says but it wont oic up the canon camera when connected.

    Any help appreciated :)

    If it’s a camera that can shoot digital video it probably isn’t old.

    For most modern cameras they usually record on to a memory card - a simple method of transferring the information to a computer is to put the memory card into a card reader and into the computer.
    An alternative solution may be to connect the camera by a cable to the computer to access the files.

    It would be very helpful for anyone here to help if you give more information about the camera.


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    Eicar
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Eicar


    Apologies, it is a canon mb400i

    So no memory card, its just tapes.

    I got the usb video grabber from lidl or aldi but thats not working with it, i ordered a fire wire only to realise my pc or mac has no firewire port :(

    Im at a loss now


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    CelticRambler
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    Eicar wrote: »
    Apologies, it is a canon mb400i

    :confused: Are you sure? All I'm getting for that search term are various printer parts and supplies ... :confused:


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    Irishphotodesk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭Irishphotodesk


    CelticRambler wrote: »
    :confused: Are you sure? All I'm getting for that search term are various printer parts and supplies ... :confused:

    At a guess it’s a “mv 400i “

    It was probably autocorrected by phone.

    This might be of help
    https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/news/how-to-transfer-minidv-to-computer


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    Eicar
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Eicar


    Sorry yes auto correct 🙈🙈🙈its mv400i


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    Eicar
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Eicar


    Sorry yes auto correct 🙈🙈🙈its mv400i


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    CelticRambler
    Registered Users Posts: 6,695 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    The good geeks on the web say that you'll never get this camera to work with a modern computer, due to old/obsolete driver incompatibilities. The solution is to use an analog video capture technique and re-record the video in a new digital format. I presume you'll need some thing like this to join the two devices; you should probably have the necessary software already installed somewhere on the computer.

    Edit: make sure you find/buy an adaptor that works with PAL !


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