On Friday we noted problems with FireWire cameras being experienced by users since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.3.7. We continue to receive corroborating reports -- primarily with FireWire DV cameras from ...

iSweet, they of the multi-colored Dream Mouse, are offering a clean looking FireWire webcam. This wee cam uses a Sony 350,000-pixel 1/4-inch CCD to get a 640 x 480 30fps stream. I don’t suspect it’ll ...

I bought a Panasonic PV-GS19 miniDV camcorder this morning at Sears (it replaces a POS Sony TRV-280 that went back) and I noticed that both it and the Sony outputted 320x240 resolution DV clips when ...

In one of his characteristically terse email replies, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has reportedly told one Mac user that changes in video camera technology have reduced the need for FireWire on ...

When the iMac first came out, many people immediately noticed similarities with another recent high-profile, high-design product, Volkswagen’s new Beetle, to the point where a Beetle painted to look ...

Occupying the same 44x29x58-mm form factor as itspredecessor, the Grasshopper2 camera from Point Grey Research employs a SonyICX285 2/3-in. EXview HAD CCD and a 14-bit ADC to generate 1.4-Mpixel ...

Machine-vision hardware technology has become more complex in recent years. Ten years ago, machine-vision engineers would choose an inexpensive analog camera that followed one of the broadcast-video ...

August 22, 2001: Apple takes home a technical Emmy Award for developing FireWire, the high-speed serial port that allows users to transfer data quickly between a Macintosh and another device, such as ...

The FireDragon line of progressive scan cameras use FireWire-B (IEEE-1394.b) technology, resulting in transfer rates of 800 Mbps or twice that of FireWire-A or USB 2.0 cameras. FireWire-B also enables ...

Web cams can be a fun way to stay in touch with friends and family, but they aren’t cheap; Apple’s FireWire iSight costs $149. At $129, the iSweet FireWire Web camera is slightly less pricey than the ...