Firewire

[DakotaJohn]

I have a series of Olympus E-1 lessons on line, and it mentions using a firewire, to connect it to a laptop. Does that action give me a live view on the PC screen? If not, what does the firewire do that a usb cable won't?

Thanks

[Dougjgreen]

At the time that the Olympus E-1 came out, USB was only on version 1.0, so that's the version of USB that is supported by the E-1. Firewire was noticeably faster than USB 1.0, but all that Firewire will do is offer faster data transfer between the PC and the camera than USB 1.0. It won't give you live view on the screen.

USB 2.0 basically obsoleted Firewire, because it's faster and much cheaper. But the E-1 predates USB 2.0, so when you plug the USB cable into a PC which has USB 2.0, the data transfer rate drops down to the slower USB 1.0 data rate.

[DakotaJohn]

Thanks so much. My son bought an E-3, and gave me his E-1. The online manual is not a lot of help. But the web school lessons for the E-1 were helpful. I appreciate the quick response. Do wish the E-1 had a live view. But, I'll have to learn to use what I have.;