A question about DV cameras (canon zr70mc)

[bottl3]

I bought a canon zr70mc with the impression that i could just link it to my computer via my motherboard's onboard firewire port (Abit IS7). When i got the camera i read:

A digital video camera may be connected to a computer using an optional OHCI compatible, digital video capture kit available commercially.
These kits must be capable of using the IEEE-1394 (firewire) interface to enable you to import digital video signal and still images into your computer.

So now im a bit confused. Would i just be able to buy a firewire wire(firewire cable) and attach it to my pc's firewire port and use like adobe premeir to transfer my videos or do i actually have to buy the capture kit. if buying the kit is what i should have done, then what is the purpose of my firewire on my mainboard?

I'm still green when it comes to DV, thanks for the help in advance.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

buy the cable, plug it in, capture in premier. its cool. you can control the camera in playback mode, like ff & rw & pause.

just make sure you got lots of space to save all those video!

JB

 

[bottl3]

awesome, thanks for the heads up. i thought that was the case.

 

[J1600B]

I'm playing with my new mini DV camcorder now and was wondering why it only captures realtime. I thought for sure it would transfer to the computer much faster. I'm using Pinnacle Expression capturing from JVC GRD-31US.

 

[J1600B]

Oh and by the way, get a firewire cable from an online store and save yourself a ton of money. Best Buy charges $40 for a 6 ft cable; I paid $8 for at 10 ft 4-6 pin at http://www.cableconn.com/.

They have a $10 minimum order, but their shipping was free! It looks like they have pretty good prices too, I was very happy to get some much needed parts for my htpc along with the new firewire cable at rock bottom prices.