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Subject: [Leica] X-Pro 1 USB adapters
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 11:31:13 -0500
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I  should have added that I tried it on my X-E1.  I don't own an X-Pro 1.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/6/2015 11:25 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 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 dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([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)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] X-Pro 1 USB adapters)