Thunderbolt

rsmphoto · February 25, 2011, 02:49:29 AM

So, will Hasselblad be supporting the new MacBook Pro's Thunderbolt port? Just dreaming of what life would be like making tethered captures with potentially ten times the transfer speed.....

Jonno101 · February 25, 2011, 04:06:55 AM

was just gonna post the same comment, I hope them H engineers have something up their sleeves?
http://www.apple.com/thunderbolt/

NickT · February 25, 2011, 07:29:03 AM

I've been watching this technology for a while, in development it was called "Lightpeak. I suspect it will replace firewire in the future.

fotografz · February 25, 2011, 10:34:51 PM

The question I have is, by using the backwards compatible adapters available for FW800/400 and USB, will transfer speed still increase?

-Marc

(Written from under a mountain of snow)

alexkent · February 26, 2011, 08:16:55 AM

Quote from: fotografz on February 25, 2011, 10:34:51 PM
The question I have is, by using the backwards compatible adapters available for FW800/400 and USB, will transfer speed still increase?

no.
the usb and firewire specifications have fixed maximum transfer rates, no adapters will help this.

David Grover · February 27, 2011, 12:27:09 AM

So far the technology in its current form isn't that handy for tethered shooting...

Max cable length of 3m.

Maybe there will be some repeaters made, but I can't see any info on that currently.

Alex Maxim · April 07, 2011, 07:47:39 PM

There will be more expensive options for cables with fiber optics for data and copper wires for power, up to 100m in length, I believe. Optical elements are going to be a part of the cable to keep compatibility with the copper wire socket, so the cables might be pricey.

JB · April 21, 2011, 04:12:03 AM

I hope whatever they do with the port it will have excellent plug/socket strength that other iterations haven't had that seem to have plagued so many of us with dodgy connection and/or broken connections requiring camera repair. I still think the firewire 400 port is far superior to the 800 version and have seen very little real world difference in speed.

I used to have a fibre optic version of my Sinar back which required a twin type cable and special board to plug it into, plus I seem to recall there was a problem if you ever wanted to disconnect / reconnect which I think made you have to restart the computer! Lets hope technology has moved on...

Jason

ette · June 09, 2011, 10:24:17 PM

so if they (Hasselblad) do support Thunderbolt will the rumour mill say that we can purchase a new back for the H4D?