Identify this USB cable

I need some help identifying a cable that I found in my house. I hope this is the right place to ask it. It said computer hardware, so a cable would count right?

Anyway, I took a couple of pictures and hope someone can identify it. I thought it was micro USB, but that doesn't seem correct when I compared it to the pictures I saw on the web. The other end of the cable is just a regular USB that plugs into any USB port on a computer.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Here is the bottom part:

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Here is the top part:

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Here is my attempt at taking a pic of the inside:

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cable

Aseem Kishore

Posted 2013-08-13T00:43:27.107

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1At first instance it looks like Mini-USB cable but it is not. Looks like some sort of proprietary cable with USB interface. Any brand/company names stamped on the cable? – Shivaranjan – 2013-08-13T00:50:22.417

I vaguely recall seeing similar cables off VERY cheap chinese made cameras. It MIGHT be a mini A – Journeyman Geek – 2013-08-13T01:04:13.347

Answers

That is a I-USB7 cable.

It acts just like a normal usb cable, but the connector is shaped differently than the standard mini connector.

It was commonly used on Pentax Cameras http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-beginners-corner-q/136826-pentax-usb-lead.html
http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-I-USB7-Cable-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0000C4G3G

It may also be a CB-USB7 cable which was used on Olympus cameras. However CB-USB7 were thinner if I remember correctly.
http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/usb-download-cable-cb-usb7.html

spuder

Posted 2013-08-13T00:43:27.107

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Thanks a lot. So this cable can only be used with Pentax cameras or does any other device has this type of connector? I don't have a Pentax camera, so I still can't figure out what gadget this cable came with. – Aseem Kishore – 2013-08-13T01:47:50.640

Other vendors like cannon, and olympus also used proprietary connectors for a time. I've also seen camcorders that used either the I-USB7 or the CB-USB7. – spuder – 2013-08-13T01:58:04.040

I've seen either similar or the same connector on Canon, Nikon, and Kodak cameras. All were slightly different, and, without seeing it in person, I couldn't tell you which it was from. It could also be from another device from an Asian manufacturer. – Joshua Nurczyk – 2013-08-13T13:06:40.870

This is a very common kind of cable, I think the others have explained it, but you find it fits in camera's, nook, ps3 pad possibly. Just see if it fits, and then you'll know.

BubbleMonster

Posted 2013-08-13T00:43:27.107

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