Canon Rebel Digital SLR cameras are a fantastic line of cameras for sports photography.

Canon EF 28-135mm IMAGE STABILIZER lens is highly recommended for low light situations.

Sony VRDMC5 DVDirect DVD Recorder

Record video to DVD from DV or analog video source – Playable in most home DVD players
Record AVCHD video from Sony HDD/MemoryStick Handycam Camcorder to DVD playable in most Blu-ray Disc™ players
Backup digital photos to DVD or create photo slideshow on DVD from Memory card or Sony HDD/Memory Stick Handycam camcorder via USB
Playback/viewing on built in 2.5” LCD display

MiniDV Digital Video Cassettes

Sony Handycam HD Camcorders on Amazon

Sony Handycam Camcorders on Amazon

Canon EOS Rebel XTi on Amazon

Product Features

Excellent camera for sports photography. Fast enough to catch a high-speed pitched baseball “frozen” over home plate as a batter swings. High resolution helps get a decent picture of outfield players, even when you can’t get up close.

Football and other sports night games: make sure you get a lens with an image stabilizer that helps prevent blurring that occurs when automatic features of camera keep the shutter open a little longer.

Excellent for modeling and bodybuilding photos

6-Pin to 4-Pin i.Link/FireWire Cables on Amazon
6-Pin to 4-Pin is more common from Digital Video Cameras to Apple, Inc. Mac computers or to PC’s with a FireWire/1394/i.Link interface card.

Connect your FireWire compatible Digital Video (DV) Camcorders, storage device, videoconferencing cameras, scanner, printers to your computer with this 3 foot FireWire cable. General Features: 6-pin to 4-pin – FireWire/1394/i.Link device cable – High speed data transfer speed -Supports IEEE 1394 transfer rates of 100/200/400 Mbits -Designed for high speed data transfer.

It is important for you to check the device port for cable compatibility.

FireWire is Apple Inc.’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 interface.

i.Link is the Sony Corp. name for the interface.

The IEEE 1394 standard: FireWire and i.Link is a high-speed serial bus developed by Apple and Texas Instruments — most commonly used for downloading video from digital camcorders to the computer. The first version of FireWire supported 100, 200 and 400 Mbits/sec transfer rates at a distance of 4.5 meters between devices. Almost all digital camcorders have included this connection interface since 1995. IEEE 1394b allows higher speeds at greater distances and was introduced in 2003.

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4-Pin to 4-Pin i.Link/FireWire Cables on Amazon
4-Pin to 4-Pin is more common from Video Camera to DVD Recorder or from Video Camera to FireWire (IEEE 1394) Hub.

Connect your FireWire compatible Digital Video (DV) Camcorders,storage device,videoconferencing cameras, scanner, printers to your computer with this 3 foot FireWire cable. General Features: 4-pin to 4-pin – FireWire/1394/i.Link device cable – High speed data transfer speed -Supports IEEE 1394 transfer rates of 100/200/400 Mbits -Designed for high speed data transfer.

FireWire is Apple Inc.’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 interface.

i.Link is the Sony Corp. name for the interface.

The IEEE 1394 standard: FireWire and i.Link is a high-speed serial bus developed by Apple and Texas Instruments — most commonly used for downloading video from digital camcorders to the computer. The first version of FireWire supported 100, 200 and 400 Mbits/sec transfer rates at a distance of 4.5 meters between devices. Almost all digital camcorders have included this connection interface since 1995. IEEE 1394b allows higher speeds at greater distances and was introduced in 2003.

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