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Why don't camera reviews cover the data connection to the PC?
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:39:41 -0800, John Navas wrote:
The reason for the non-standard connector is that many digital cameras (not just this one) use a tiny 8 pin connector that combines USB with video and audio out. If standard Mini-USB or Micro-USB were used (which themselves are different), another cable would be needed for AV Hi John, This is a great post of yours that provides wonderful new relevant information! What you're informing us is that there is no way Casio could have made a single port handle the USB and AV functions if they used the mini-usb or micro-usb standards. This is extremely useful information. Thank you. This makes sense. What this then means is that any camera with a combined AV/USB port, by the very definition, MUST be using a proprietary connector! Together, we're now starting to understand the problem (better than the major reviewers did, anyway). It would be interesting to figure out whether Casio is the only camera manufacturer using a combined AV/USB port. Does anyone out there have a camera with a combined AV/USB port? |
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Why don't camera reviews cover the data connection to the PC?
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:38:18 -0800, Pat Cheney wrote
in : On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:39:41 -0800, John Navas wrote: The reason for the non-standard connector is that many digital cameras (not just this one) use a tiny 8 pin connector that combines USB with video and audio out. If standard Mini-USB or Micro-USB were used (which themselves are different), another cable would be needed for AV This is a great post of yours that provides wonderful new relevant information! What you're informing us is that there is no way Casio could have made a single port handle the USB and AV functions if they used the mini-usb or micro-usb standards. This is extremely useful information. Thank you. You're welcome, but that information is readily available on the Internet, in Wikipedia for example. This makes sense. It ought to. What this then means is that any camera with a combined AV/USB port, by the very definition, MUST be using a proprietary connector! True. Together, we're now starting to understand the problem (better than the major reviewers did, anyway). I suspect that many of them do understand the issue. It would be interesting to figure out whether Casio is the only camera manufacturer using a combined AV/USB port. It's not. Many companies do. Does anyone out there have a camera with a combined AV/USB port? More than one of them. -- Very best wishes for the holiday season and for the coming new year, John |
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Why don't camera reviews cover the data connection to the PC?
Pat Cheney wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:39:41 -0800, John Navas wrote: The reason for the non-standard connector is that many digital cameras (not just this one) use a tiny 8 pin connector that combines USB with video and audio out. If standard Mini-USB or Micro-USB were used (which themselves are different), another cable would be needed for AV Hi John, This is a great post of yours that provides wonderful new relevant information! What you're informing us is that there is no way Casio could have made a single port handle the USB and AV functions if they used the mini-usb or micro-usb standards. This is extremely useful information. Thank you. This makes sense. What this then means is that any camera with a combined AV/USB port, by the very definition, MUST be using a proprietary connector! Together, we're now starting to understand the problem (better than the major reviewers did, anyway). It would be interesting to figure out whether Casio is the only camera manufacturer using a combined AV/USB port. Does anyone out there have a camera with a combined AV/USB port? I have a Nikon with a proprieatary USB port and a Panasonic with the combined. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Why don't camera reviews cover the data connection to the PC?
Pat Cheney wrote:
What this then means is that any camera with a combined AV/USB port, by the very definition, MUST be using a proprietary connector! No, it would be quite possible to design a custom connector that could accept both standard mini or micro USB plugs, or a custom A/V plug. They would put the contacts for the AV connections further back on the connector. It's been quite common to use dual purpose, dual level sockets on ultra-small Japanese notebook computers. Other variations have been a USB connector with a small hole to the side of it so an external, higher power-consumption, USB interface drive could be plugged only into that USB port (and that USB port being able to supply more than 500mA). There's all sorts of creative ways that they could have handled this, but it was cheaper to use an off-the-shelf connector, and order custom cables. How many sales do you think they lost because of this custom connector? Probably zero. |
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