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patrick j - 26 Jul 2007 22:04 GMT

Hi

My Olympus C2040-Zoom has a tiny USB socket. I guess it is probably common
to cameras this socket because there is so little space on them for this
kind of thing. However it is not a socket that I've seen anywhere else.

When I bought the camera some time ago there was a USB cable with it but
somewhere along the way that cable has been lost.

I would like to get another USB cable for the camera but I don't know how
to get one with this tiny socket.

I tried a camera/photography shop but they didn't have that one in stock.

I can't unfortunately take a pictures of the socket and put it on a server
for you to look at.

Maybe someone else here has a camera like this and knows this socket and
where I might be able to get a USB cable. Maybe this particular socket has
a name that I could "google".

Thank you :)

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Trev - 26 Jul 2007 22:46 GMT

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> Thank you :)

Many Cameras have a smaller then B size socket But I bet they dont come
cheap. A Card reader would be cheaper and a better bet.

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John Bean - 26 Jul 2007 23:06 GMT

>Maybe someone else here has a camera like this and knows this socket and
>where I might be able to get a USB cable. Maybe this particular socket has
>a name that I could "google".

Count the pins. If it has five it's probably a "USB mini B"
connector.

I don't have your camera but I have other Olympus cameras
that use mini B connectors so it seems a reasonable guess
that yours also may.

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OG - 26 Jul 2007 23:23 GMT

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this any good?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Olympus-CB-USB1-Cable-Camedia/dp/B000QI2S88

Simply googled "C2040-Zoom"

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patrick j - 27 Jul 2007 00:03 GMT

> this any good?
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Olympus-CB-USB1-Cable-Camedia/dp/B000QI2S88
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> Simply googled "C2040-Zoom"

Thank you :)

Google has become really amazing. I should have tried that myself. Normally
I do but it slipped my mind this time.

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Fred Anonymous - 27 Jul 2007 18:55 GMT

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> Simply googled "C2040-Zoom"

If your camera USB socket is the same as on Canon and Nikon SLRs then -
a friend lost her Nikon USB lead so bought a card reader which came with a
suitable USB lead.
Jessops have them but they cost around £15.

Card readers can be useful - I've used them to download pics to friends PCs
which did not have integral readers.

Regards, Ian.

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Tony Polson - 27 Jul 2007 22:31 GMT

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>suitable USB lead.
>Jessops have them but they cost around £15.

The card readers come with a USB - mini USB lead. The mini USB plug
will fit some Olympus digicams, notably the Mju Digital series, but
not others, and certainly not the C2040 Zoom.

>Card readers can be useful - I've used them to download pics to friends PCs
>which did not have integral readers.

The card reader is definitely the way to go. No need for a dedicated
cable, and it is *much* faster to upload from a card to the PC than
from the camera. It also doesn't deplete the camera's battery.

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Mark Dunn - 29 Jul 2007 17:55 GMT

I don't know about this model, but the SP-500 has a proprietary plug for the
camera. It looks like a mini-A (or B, I forget which) but it's not. Anyway,
an xD reader shouldn't be more thatn about a fiver.

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Olympus-CB-USB1-Cable-Camedia/dp/B000QI2S88

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> Regards, Ian.

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