My digital camera came with a long, thinnish USB cable that includes a tube
about the size of a small piece of chalk near the camera connection; my
external hard drive came with a short, fat, plain USB cable. Would it be OK
to use the hard drive cable to connect the camera to a USB port on my WinXP
SP3 computer?

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

On Oct 7, 8:40*pm, "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote:
> My digital camera came with a long, thinnish USB cable that includes a tube
> about the size of a small piece of chalk near the camera connection; my
> external hard drive came with a short, fat, plain USB cable. Would it be OK
> to use the hard drive cable to connect the camera to a USB port on my WinXP
> SP3 computer?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne

No. The camera was provided with a "USB to camera" cable. Any other
cable might not fit the USB connector on the camera.

Jo-Anne wrote:
> My digital camera came with a long, thinnish USB cable that includes a tube
> about the size of a small piece of chalk near the camera connection; my
> external hard drive came with a short, fat, plain USB cable. Would it be OK
> to use the hard drive cable to connect the camera to a USB port on my WinXP
> SP3 computer?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jo-Anne
>

If you scroll down in this article, there are pictures of
connectors. Compare to the camera, to get some idea of
what is needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb

Paul

Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the external
hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable fits the
camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use it? Or is
there something else that might make it unwise to try it?

Thanks again!

Jo-Anne

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:gcgi4r$97h$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> My digital camera came with a long, thinnish USB cable that includes a
>> tube about the size of a small piece of chalk near the camera connection;
>> my external hard drive came with a short, fat, plain USB cable. Would it
>> be OK to use the hard drive cable to connect the camera to a USB port on
>> my WinXP SP3 computer?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>
> If you scroll down in this article, there are pictures of
> connectors. Compare to the camera, to get some idea of
> what is needed.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb
>
> Paul
>

Jo-Anne wrote:
> Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the external
> hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable fits the
> camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use it? Or is
> there something else that might make it unwise to try it?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Jo-Anne

That is generally the idea with all the different shapes, to prevent
wrong things from being connected.

This hard drive enclosure has a standard B type receptacle, and
it is surprising they'd use something that big on a camera.

http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...145-656-03.jpg

Paul

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:gcgts9$ok3$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jo-Anne wrote:
>> Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the
>> external hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable
>> fits the camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use
>> it? Or is there something else that might make it unwise to try it?
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>
> That is generally the idea with all the different shapes, to prevent
> wrong things from being connected.
>
> This hard drive enclosure has a standard B type receptacle, and
> it is surprising they'd use something that big on a camera.
>
> http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...145-656-03.jpg
>
> Paul

She didn't say what size external drive it is. The 2.5" drives use
the same mini USB connectors that are used on digital cameras,
cell phones, etc.

"Ian D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:gcgts9$ok3$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>> Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the
>>> external hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable
>>> fits the camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use
>>> it? Or is there something else that might make it unwise to try it?
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>> Jo-Anne
>>
>> That is generally the idea with all the different shapes, to prevent
>> wrong things from being connected.
>>
>> This hard drive enclosure has a standard B type receptacle, and
>> it is surprising they'd use something that big on a camera.
>>
>> http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...145-656-03.jpg
>>
>> Paul
>
> She didn't say what size external drive it is. The 2.5" drives use
> the same mini USB connectors that are used on digital cameras,
> cell phones, etc.
>
Thank you, Paul and Ian! Yes, my external drive is a 2.5" one, and it does
use a mini USB connector. To me it looks like the Mini-A shown here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Types-usb.svg

Instead of being rectangular, the top is wider than the bottom. The sides
curve in a bit.

Can I assume that since the hard drive's USB cable does connect to the
camera's receptacle, it will be OK to use it for the camera?

Thank you again!

Jo-Anne

On Oct 7, 8:58*pm, "Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote:
> "Ian D" <tau...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> > "Paul" <nos...@needed.com> wrote in messagenews:gcgts9$ok3$(E-Mail Removed)....
> >> Jo-Anne wrote:
> >>> Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the
> >>> external hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable
> >>> fits the camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use
> >>> it? Or is there something else that might make it unwise to try it?
>
> >>> Thanks again!
>
> >>> Jo-Anne
>
> >> That is generally the idea with all the different shapes, to prevent
> >> wrong things from being connected.
>
> >> This hard drive enclosure has a standard B type receptacle, and
> >> it is surprising they'd use something that big on a camera.
>
> >>http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...145-656-03.jpg
>
> >> * *Paul
>
> > She didn't say what size external drive it is. *The 2.5" drives use
> > the same mini USB connectors that are used on digital cameras,
> > cell phones, etc.
>
> Thank you, Paul and Ian! Yes, my external drive is a 2.5" one, and it does
> use a mini USB connector. To me it looks like the Mini-A shown here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Types-usb.svg
>
> Instead of being rectangular, the top is wider than the bottom. The sides
> curve in a bit.
>
> Can I assume that since the hard drive's USB cable does connect to the
> camera's receptacle, it will be OK to use it for the camera?
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Then your camera is following the USB standards. My Fuji Film F480
uses a different connector than the known standand USB connectors.

"Jo-Anne" <Jo-AnneATnowhere.com> wrote in message
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> "Ian D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:gcgts9$ok3$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>>> Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the
>>>> external hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable
>>>> fits the camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use
>>>> it? Or is there something else that might make it unwise to try it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>
>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>
>>> That is generally the idea with all the different shapes, to prevent
>>> wrong things from being connected.
>>>
>>> This hard drive enclosure has a standard B type receptacle, and
>>> it is surprising they'd use something that big on a camera.
>>>
>>> http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...145-656-03.jpg
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>> She didn't say what size external drive it is. The 2.5" drives use
>> the same mini USB connectors that are used on digital cameras,
>> cell phones, etc.
>>
> Thank you, Paul and Ian! Yes, my external drive is a 2.5" one, and it does
> use a mini USB connector. To me it looks like the Mini-A shown here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Types-usb.svg
>
> Instead of being rectangular, the top is wider than the bottom. The sides
> curve in a bit.
>
> Can I assume that since the hard drive's USB cable does connect to the
> camera's receptacle, it will be OK to use it for the camera?
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Jo-Anne
>

The cables should be interchangeable. To confirm this, I used the
cables for my digi-cam on a 2.5" external drive, and used the drive's
cable on my cellphone, and all worked. I didn't try it on the camera
because it's not set up to transfer pictures, and the memory is empty.
If you want confirm this with minimum risk, try the camera cable
on the drive.

The cylinder on the camera end of the camera's cable is there to
suppress radio frequency noise from interfering with the camera.
It's not really necessary, unless you're close to powerful sources
of such interference.

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>>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>> Jo-Anne wrote:
>>>>> Thank you both! I did check the camera and the USB cable from the
>>>>> external hard drive, and the small connector on the hard drive's cable
>>>>> fits the camera just fine. So given that it fits, will it be OK to use
>>>>> it? Or is there something else that might make it unwise to try it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo-Anne
>>>>
>>>> That is generally the idea with all the different shapes, to prevent
>>>> wrong things from being connected.
>>>>
>>>> This hard drive enclosure has a standard B type receptacle, and
>>>> it is surprising they'd use something that big on a camera.
>>>>
>>>> http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...145-656-03.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> She didn't say what size external drive it is. The 2.5" drives use
>>> the same mini USB connectors that are used on digital cameras,
>>> cell phones, etc.
>>>
>> Thank you, Paul and Ian! Yes, my external drive is a 2.5" one, and it
>> does use a mini USB connector. To me it looks like the Mini-A shown here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Types-usb.svg
>>
>> Instead of being rectangular, the top is wider than the bottom. The sides
>> curve in a bit.
>>
>> Can I assume that since the hard drive's USB cable does connect to the
>> camera's receptacle, it will be OK to use it for the camera?
>>
>> Thank you again!
>>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>
> The cables should be interchangeable. To confirm this, I used the
> cables for my digi-cam on a 2.5" external drive, and used the drive's
> cable on my cellphone, and all worked. I didn't try it on the camera
> because it's not set up to transfer pictures, and the memory is empty.
> If you want confirm this with minimum risk, try the camera cable
> on the drive.
>
> The cylinder on the camera end of the camera's cable is there to
> suppress radio frequency noise from interfering with the camera.
> It's not really necessary, unless you're close to powerful sources
> of such interference.
>
Thank you again, Ian! Good to know that they're interchangeable. Maybe I can
at least slightly unclutter my desk.

Jo-Anne