After much deliberation in another thread I went with the Leaf Aptus 22 Digital Back as my foray into MF photography. At least digitally.
The back just arrived. I purchased it without a battery from KEH so I do have a warranty and can return it. I have a battery on it's way, but of course this is a new toy and I want to use it now!
I know that this can be shot tethered with either Leaf Capture or Capture One Pro 10. I have downloaded the Leaf program and I already own C1. I also have an aging Mac Pro 2007(yeah I know as soon as Apple comes out with an actual successor I will purchase it). The nice part of though is it has some firewire ports that I can plug the back into.
So I get out my firewire cables that haven't seen the light of day since 2012 probably. I plug the back in and the green light turns on and then promptly turns off. I push the on/off button, but the back doesn't turn on. I do some searching on the site and on the internet and it appears that I need a powered firewire repeater. However, I am wondering the following.
1. Do I know have enough power in my firewire ports on my Mac Pro 2007 to turn the camera on?
2. Would I need a firewire repeater to power the camera?
3. Is there anything I can do before my battery arrives to see if this back works?
Thanks for the help.