This 10ft ieee 1394 firewire cable provides one firewire 4 pin male connector and one firewire 6 pin male connector and is expertly designed and constructed of high quality materials to ensure optimum performance and reliabilitycapable of data transfer rates of up to 400mbps 1394a firewire technology provides a high speed link that saves time during large file transfers eg transferring digital video files from a dv camcorder to a computer etc this high quality cable is manufactured usin