What for tethering cable?

[julianliu]

Hey, please help. I am looking for tethering cable for my new baby Nikon D810. The "tether cable" from Tether tools are ridiculously expensive. I saw some "USB 3.0 cable" from Cable Matters are pretty cheap. So I wonder what's the difference between these two cables? Can the latter ones be used for tethering shoot? At least the connections all looks the same.

 

[The_Traveler]

Isn't the USB 3 cable that comes with it sufficient?

 

[runnah]

Video tether? Need an hdmi cable for that but like Lew said a USB cable is more than sufficient for photo tethering.

 

[julianliu]

Isn't the USB 3 cable that comes with it sufficient?

Don't you think all the cable came with it is too short ? When comes to tethering shoot ?

 

[julianliu]

Video tether? Need an hdmi cable for that but like Lew said a USB cable is more than sufficient for photo tethering.

Not video tether, just photo shoot tether. Have you had experience on any tether cables ?

 

[runnah]

Something like this is all you need.
http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...&qid=1406118553&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+3.0+cable

The D810 has 4 port. Mic input, headphone output, HDMI output and usb 3.0 out. Using a standard USB 3.0 cable will be all you need.

 

[ronlane]

I bought a USB cable extension from Radio Shack and combine it with the cable that came with my Canon and it works great. (May be a little long of a cable, but I have room to move the computer.

 

[julianliu]

Something like this is all you need.
http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...&qid=1406118553&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+3.0+cable

The D810 has 4 port. Mic input, headphone output, HDMI output and usb 3.0 out. Using a standard USB 3.0 cable will be all you need.

Thanks, Runnah. That helps.

 

[tirediron]

I recently found a 6' USB 3.0 cable on eBay for <$10....

 

[Braineack]

15ft USB 3.0 A Male to A Female Active Extension Cable - Monoprice.com

 

[Theo2]

Does the D810 use a micro or mini?

 

[julianliu]

Does the D810 use a micro or mini?

It's a micro ... I thought that's all USB 3.0 uses micro ports, don't they ?

 

[julianliu]

Guys, there regular USB 3.0 cable does not work! I tried it on Lightroom on Mac and windows, as well as capture one on Windows. None of the program recognize D810. Anything I could possibly have done wrong?

 

[JohnnyWrench]

Those programs might not support tethering for that camera yet as it's so new.

 

[julianliu]

hey, guys, still need help here.

I returned the cheap USB 3.0 cable to Amazon because no software recognized my D810. Then I realized I have the factory USB cable came with the camera and I tried it to. I updated my Lightroom to 5.6 version, which has the update for D810, but still Lightroom did not recognize D810. It does not work either when I connected the camera with it to Lightroom 5.4 and Captureone 7 on my Macbook Air either. Anyone have any suggestion on what's possibly going wrong?
I thought my old cheap USB 3.0 cable was the problem so I returned it and ordered the expensive cable from Tether tools. But I doubt it will work if I cannot get the factory USB cable work.