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Subject: [Leica] X-Pro 1 USB adapters
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 11:25:44 -0500
References: <5573168A.7030401@summaventures.com> <CAJ4y7gyZ0CmBJcuFgGktZOcXzT4ywnPjmB_JhnfX5y=rEitzNQ@mail.gmail.com>

I found a posting on the Fujix-forum that says the X-Pro 1 and X-E1 use 
a "USB 2.0 mini B" connector.  I never use a cable, but found mine.  On 
the black part of the plug, behind the USB symbol, it has "B" engraved 
in the plug.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/6/2015 11:09 AM, Robert Baron wrote:
> Peter, where are you?  Can you call or do a chat session with B&H when they
> reopen from their Saturday closing?
>
> --Bob
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I find myself away from home unexpectedly because of a burst pipe which
>> has rendered home uninhabitable for a few weeks. I came away in a hurry 
>> and
>> forgot the cable that links my X-Pro 1 to USB. None of the adapters I have
>> with me is the correct fit. Can anyone tell me what it should be?
>>
>> For info:
>>
>> According to at least one of the Fuji fora ( <
>> http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php/topic/15799-usb-connectors-xe2-vs-xpro-1/>
>> )it is a USB (standard) to USB micro B connector.  According to others it
>> is mini-B. I looked at the size and various online sources and went out 
>> and
>> bought a micro-B as it looked the most plausible...it doesn't fit, it's 
>> too
>> big.
>>
>> I guess that there are two possibilities: firstly that mini is smaller
>> than micro and a mini B would fit; secondly - and this is what I fear -
>> that the camera end is proprietary (Fuji state that the connector to a
>> computer is a USB connector in the manual. I think that in order to be 
>> able
>> to say it is a USB connector only one end has to be USB - it doesn't
>> necessarily imply both ends are USB connectors)
>>
>> Anybody any thoughts? I know from same source that it is the same coupler
>> as for the X-100 .
>>
>> Peter
>>
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] X-Pro 1 USB adapters)
In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] X-Pro 1 USB adapters)
Message from robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron) ([Leica] X-Pro 1 USB adapters)