Isight firewire extension cable

I need a 10 foot (or 3 meter) firewire cable that will fit the isight holder. Apple refers to this as a thin firewire and it must be able to snap in the transistion piece between the camera and the stand. Most aftermarket cables are too thick due to rubber caldding around plug. Has anybody found such a cable that fits??? Or maybe cut down the rubber to make it fit ? I am familiar with hubs and repeaters and it appears that firewire depot sells a male/female extension, but i'm looking for just the simple solution of a single cable.

OK, so I've found a solution that, while not as simple and elegant as a single cable, solves my problem. After looking at male/ female cables at venders like L-COM.COM( which also sells a nifty shielded panel connector that also can act as a connector between the apple cable and an after market cable), I decided that this would work best with the short apple isight firewire cable so as not to go beyond the recommended distance for firewire without a repeater. Well, these short cables aren't cheap(20.00 to 30.00 bucks). Then add the male/ female aftermarket cable($ 30.00) and it's starting to add up. I also looked at doing a little grinding to the apple mount or adapter(depending on which you use) and shaving down the rubber overmolding on a aftermarket cable, and this looked like it might work. But the final solution was to buy a Griffin sightlight($20.00 through Amazon) that has a real short female receptical that allows me to use any 10 foot cable I wish. This way I spent the least amount of money and got a useful accessory to boot !!

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You're welcome, Miles,
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That hub could work for some thing else, do you have a link for that?
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I have an external FireWire 400 iSight camera, a new Mac Mini and an old G4 Mac. The Mac Mini doesn't have a FireWire 400 port, only a FireWire 800 port. Is there a way I can use my iSight without having to buy a converter cable?

Rainier Feiler wrote:
I have an external FireWire 400 iSight camera, a new Mac Mini and an old G4 Mac. The Mac Mini doesn't have a FireWire 400 port, only a FireWire 800 port. Is there a way I can use my iSight without having to buy a converter cable?
Welcome to Discussions, Rainier Feiler
The only way I know that does not use a "converter cable" uses a cable end adapter with your existing Firewire 400 cable instead. However, you can choose from any of the following options that best serve your needs:
• This Firewire 400-800 cable can work: http://store.apple.com/us/product/TP320LL/A
• Some report that this low-priced alternative cable works:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189097"
• To use your FW400 6pin-6pin cable, you can use a 6pin-9pin adapter like one of these:
http://tinyurl.com/ydsbb6m
http://tinyurl.com/cgll7o
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html
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<http://www.gefen.com/kvm/cables/hdmi_dvi.jsp#dvidl>
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I just picked up an iSight FireWire Camera off Craigslist. Since my Mac Pro does not have a FireWire 400 port I picked up a Belkin FireWire 800/400 9-pin to 6-pin cable.
When I plug the iSight into the rear FireWire 800 port iChat starts and the green light on top of the iSight camera is illuminated. I can see video clearly, but there is no audio. I check System Profiler and System Preferences and everything is listed and selected as they should be.
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I've upgraded and now have a new Mini with an Intel Core 2 Duo, and the newer Firewire 800 port. I have a Firewire 400->800 adapter, and when I plug the iSight in, the green light on the camera lights up, but then goes off. The system doesn't recognize the camera (System Profiler/Hardware/FIrewire). iChat doesn't see a camera.
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Hello michael
Connecting your iNtel min's Firewire to any Firewire 400 cable automatically sets the correct speed.
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My method for verifying external iSight function is explained here:
http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/EZJim/EZJimpage4.html
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If other Firewire devices can be recognized by your new mini, the next tests I would suggest is to connect your adapter, FW-800 cable, and iSight to your old mini to see whether it still works there. If not, and if you have reset your iNtel mini's Firewire ports, the cable or adapter you have may be defective.
If iSight works with the new cable and adapter on the old mini but not with the iNtel one, apply all relevant suggestions from Apple's iSight Troubleshooting article to your new mini:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090
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One other possibility is that a different brand of FW800 cable might work for you. Depending on which FW800 cable you are using, this thread may be of interest:
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