Hi
Firewire can handle up to 3200 mb/s.
FireWire S1600 and S3200
In December 2007, the 1394 Trade Association announced that products will be available before the end of 2008 using the S1600 and S3200 modes that, for the most part, had already been defined in 1394b and was further clarified in IEEE Std. 1394-2008[4]. The 1.6 Gbit/s and 3.2 Gbit/s devices use the same 9-circuit beta connectors as the existing FireWire 800 and will be fully compatible with existing S400 and S800 devices. It will compete with the forthcoming USB 3.0.[21].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394# ... 4c-2006.29But ip camera can use up to 100 meter cheap cable ,which is in some cases very useful item.
As in PDF file is, all these camera can not use more than 55 Mbps data transfer rate,so it is better to compare
two of same resolution and same fps camera with different interface .(Gige and Firewire )
Ray