How to connect Nikon 8000 ED to my Lenovo Legion laptop

Hi, l bought a Nikon 8000 ED and try to connect with my Lenovo Legion laptop. In the beginning, l bought a connecter to transform Firewire to USB but the scanner was not recognized.
Is any way to use my Lenovo Legion Y540 connect the scanner?

Captain Gustav said:

Hi, l bought a Nikon 8000 ED and try to connect with my Lenovo Legion laptop. In the beginning, l bought a connecter to transform Firewire to USB but the scanner was not recognized.
Is any way to use my Lenovo Legion Y540 connect the scanner?
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What OS are you running? If a 64 bit version, then you will need to search out the instructions (all over the web) on how to install Nikonscan for a 64-bit system. Vuescan or Silverfast may provide their own drivers.

PhilBurton said:

What OS are you running? If a 64 bit version, then you will need to search out the instructions (all over the web) on how to install Nikonscan for a 64-bit system. Vuescan or Silverfast may provide their own drivers.

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I have Vuescan, the problem is that the voltage on Firewire usually at 8-30v and USB is 5v so l need a connecter to thunderbolt not to USB.

Welcome to Photrio.
Unless your laptop has room for a Firewire card, probably not.

Captain Gustav said:

I have Vuescan, the problem is that the voltage on Firewire usually at 8-30v and USB is 5v

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Good observation. It's possible the OP's adapter might work if paired with a powered Firewire hub, but I'd probably expect to build a dedicated PC and add Firewire via PCI card.

4season said:

Good observation. It's possible the OP's adapter might work if paired with a powered Firewire hub, but I'd probably expect to build a dedicated PC and add Firewire via PCI card.

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Just bought an HP PC with built-in firewire running Windows Vista for cheap. Perfect scanning station to run Nikonscan.

I looked into this almost 20 years ago when I purchased a Panasonic digital camcorder that featured a 1394 connection. Firewire and USB use different (basically incompatible) protocols. Long story short, the "Firewire to USB" adapter would have to actively translate protocols in real-time -- a big ask. If that doesn't happen, it won't work.

I checked out Lenovo's website and the Y540 model I saw doesn't have a Thunderbolt port or one of the legacy notebook computer ports (PCMCIA / ExpressCard). If your computer is similarly configured, you're probably out of luck trying to rig an external device that could support a Firewire card (and device).

If you buy a Windows desktop computer, it's probably a matter of adding a 1394 card (and enabling support for Firewire in Windows). Or you might look for an older business (rather than consumer) notebook computer, as many of them used to have Firewire ports. For instance, I have an HP ProBook 6475b (AMD A10-4600M) which I bought in 2013, and it has a Firewire port. The HP ProBook 6745b has great build quality. A few months ago I used it to transfer a few long-forgotten dog videos from the Panasonic digital camcorder.