D750 Cable Question

[midnight_lightning]

Hi, 

 

I have the trial working using the USB cable that came with the camera but this is too short to be of practical use and I need a longer cable - perhaps 10 ft.

 

Any thoughts on the best way to achieve this, can I just buy a USB Male-Female extension lead off Amazon or, preferably, does anyone know what the cable is called so I can find a longer version?

 

Mid

[midnight_lightning]

Solved this.

 

Just bought a Maplin own brand USB2.0 Mini 8 pin 3.0m cable and it works perfectly.

 

Mid

[astroman133]

The USB standard works with quality cables up to 16 ft long, so you should be OK with an additional 8 ft cable.  To go longer than that you need a USB Active Extension cable.

[midnight_lightning]

Thanks, have one ordered ????

[midnight_lightning]

Hi,

 

I just received a USB UC-E6 cable from Ex-Pro (Amazon) but couldn't get it working, I got it to download some photos after some messing about I couldn't get it to connect to NBY.

 

Could anyone recommend a cable (UK) - at least 1.8m?

 

Thanks

 

Mid

[Heno]

Hi

I just bought a standard USB extension cord (male/female connections) and use Nikon's cable that came with the camera. Works like a dream although mine is not quite that long.

 

Good luck.

 

Helge.

[midnight_lightning]

Hi Helge,

 

Thanks for the suggestion, I had thought about doing that a few weeks ago and then completely forgotten about it. I'll try that until I can source a single cable.

Cheers

MId

[astroman133]

I have never had an issue with just using any random USB cable of that length with any of my devices.

 

I will say that the D750 camera is not in the compatilibity list.

 

I would try buying a regular USB extension cable to use to extend the cable that came with your camera. Something like this should work just fine:

 

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Extension-Cable--Male--Female/dp/B00NH136GE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1462996521&sr=1-2&keywords=usb+extension+cable