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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 203185" data-attributes="member: 9240">I am going to be using my D800 in a tethered setup with my Macbook to do some studio shots for a friend.&nbsp; Last week I went to the Nikon site and saw that they are selling this overpriced cable for $40...<a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Cables-Computer/27044/UC-E14-USB-Cable.html" target="_blank">http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Cables-Computer/27044/UC-E14-USB-Cable.html</a>It looks like a normal USB 3 cable, so I took a 2 foot cable I got with one of my external drives and hooked up my D800 using that.&nbsp; Bingo!!&nbsp; Works like a champ.&nbsp; So, I order a 6 foot and 9 foot &quot;Amazon Basic&quot; cable from Amazon.com, but I get no connectivity with either of them when I tested them this morning.&nbsp; If I plug the 2 foot cable in it works fine, and I've rebooted and started fresh, all those sorts of things.&nbsp; The cables work fine with the hard drive, but not with the camera.So, my question to you all is, do you know of a specific reason why the Amazon cables I have won't work?&nbsp; What cables are you folks using that do work?BTW, it seems that almost every USB 2.0 cable I have works fine with my D600, so I can always go that way, but it would be nice to have the 36 MP's for these shots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 203185, member: 9240"] I am going to be using my D800 in a tethered setup with my Macbook to do some studio shots for a friend. Last week I went to the Nikon site and saw that they are selling this overpriced cable for $40... [URL]http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Cables-Computer/27044/UC-E14-USB-Cable.html[/URL] It looks like a normal USB 3 cable, so I took a 2 foot cable I got with one of my external drives and hooked up my D800 using that. Bingo!! Works like a champ. So, I order a 6 foot and 9 foot "Amazon Basic" cable from Amazon.com, but I get no connectivity with either of them when I tested them this morning. If I plug the 2 foot cable in it works fine, and I've rebooted and started fresh, all those sorts of things. The cables work fine with the hard drive, but not with the camera. So, my question to you all is, do you know of a specific reason why the Amazon cables I have won't work? What cables are you folks using that do work? BTW, it seems that almost every USB 2.0 cable I have works fine with my D600, so I can always go that way, but it would be nice to have the 36 MP's for these shots. [/QUOTE]

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