Whats the best low to mid-level (circa $ 750) capture card?
At this time, I would not recommend a separate capture card. Use your computer’s FireWire port. If your computer doesn’t have a FireWire port, a card is about $20. But you’re probably better off buying a computer that already has FireWire built in. All current (or even close to current) Macs have built-in Firewire. There is one exception to this. My PowerMac G5 has both FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 ports. I discovered that if you use the FireWire 800 port for an external drive, attaching a video camera to the FireWire 400 port doesn’t work well. In this case, you should buy a FireWire 400 card (the $20 ones sold for PCs work fine) and use it for the camera. I haven’t had any trouble with the G5 and FireWire since I made that change.
