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Thread ID: 64645 2005-12-22 05:33:00 What sort of plug is this? bob_doe_nz (92) PC World Chat
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414762 2005-12-22 05:33:00 I managed to score some very cheap components at a computer store which was clearing the last of its stock.
Any who I now have a couple of USB 2.0 Cables to Camera cables (www.imagef1.net.nz)
Unfortunately I do not know the type of plug and what sort of cameras/devices use them.

Its the one on the left that I'm concerned with. The one on the right I know as thats the one I use.
bob_doe_nz (92)
414763 2005-12-22 17:42:00 If you want to get rid of that cable, I can use a second one for my SiPix Digital camera. The end on the left is what goes into my camera...it might be fairly generic for a lot of the inexpensive (read: under 1.5 m/pixel) cameras though. SurferJoe46 (51)
414764 2005-12-22 18:46:00 The one on the left looks like the one used with my Fuji Finepix E500, it looks like a very tiny USB 'B' plug, same shape. Terry Porritt (14)
414765 2005-12-22 18:47:00 images.google.co.nz

I think
ninja (1671)
414766 2005-12-22 21:58:00 I tried that Ninja, but most of them seem to be the type on the right in my picture. bob_doe_nz (92)
414767 2005-12-23 00:12:00 There are at least three different "mini" B connectors used for cameras. Some are 5 pin, some are 4 pin. I think the one you are wondering about is used by Kodak, among others. (The fifth pin in the 5-pin ones is just connected to one of the other pins ... it's a "switch" which tells the camera that it's been plugged in (maybe turns its power on?).

There's one I have yet to see a cable for: a Mustek (?) G-300 uses a small rectangular 4 pin connector. (Your 4 pin one has beveled corners, and is closer to square). I got the camera very cheap ($1) as a non-worker; it works now, but I can't get the pictures off it. One day I'll fit the smallest soldering tip and put on a different connector.
Graham L (2)
414768 2005-12-23 00:24:00 right.....

Ok my next question is...
Anyone want to buy one for $5? I got two of them. ;)
bob_doe_nz (92)
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