Black Horisontal Lines(FireWire shooting mode)

[Baron]

Does anybody knows what's the #!@$!!! is going on with this mode? I've tried to shoot, using "FireWire Shooting Mode" & about 30% of files had horisontal black lines on them in different places.

[lightwrangler]

Please post a sample picture - it will help if we can all see the problem.

[Swampy]

Yes, please post a sample. I've used the firewire shooting mode (PC controls camera and camera uses PC for storage) and both worked fine for me - PC controls the camera being a pain since you have to tell it to save each file though...

[Baron]

Thanks everybody for answering me. I found out that the problem was in the Fi-Wi cable.What kind of cables do you use ? Does it have "FOR DATA" label on it ? And does it have "ferromagnetic protection" barrels (I dont know what is this stuff on English but it looks like little barrells on two ends of cable-(usually USB) near the jacks).

[Swampy]

those round things at the ends are called Baluns (Bay LOON). They are ferrite material that helps reduce RF interference that could slow your transfer speeds down. I've never had a use for them myself.

I use whatever cables I can find, and if I can't find them, I get Belkin Gold cables. Never had a problem with cheapo come with the product cables though.

[Baron]

Well, there are 2 files w/black lines. Probably the problem is very long cable(about 15 feet)?

[Baron]

Well, there is a zoom from file w/black lines. Probably the problem is very long cable(about 15 feet)?