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The New Hotness

  • USB Micro-B Adapters

    The Sony HDR-AS30V camera has a USB Micro-B jack. One might think all three of these cables / adapters should work:

    USB Micro-B adapters
    USB Micro-B adapters

    But no:

    • The blocky Mini-to-Micro adapter on the top has no data lines
    • The Mini-to-Micro adapter cable works
    • The lower cable produces dependable disconnects

    There is, of course, no way to determine any of that, except by trying each one to see what happens; the product descriptions diverge from the truth in myriad ways.

    The camera came with a Micro-B cable that undoubtedly worked, but you try keeping track of one particular USB cable amid all the others.