I don't know of any USB to ADB converters. If anyone knows of a way to use USB devices with an old Mac that lacks PCI slots, let me know. His upcoming one is a documentary. He wants to make a civil war documentary specific to the town he works for, complete with nifty things like 3d maps etc, and he wants to do it all ourselves. I think Apple's Final Cut Pro is going to be our editing software.
Money is the big concern though.
We will not even be starting this project untill next spring or maybe summer. Also, I know nothing about video formats. Any insight you can give would be extremely helpful. I can provide insight, I think. A few months ago I called up the nice folks in Apple Public Relations and asked if I could review Final Cut Pro in my Houston Chronicle column.