Originally Posted by bp888
Be careful. Although this cable looks similar to the Canon cable, they aren't the same. The readily available Radio Shack/Best Buy cable is standard USB on one end, and mini-USB on the other end. The Canon cable that came with my S400 is standard USB one end, and proprietary on the other end, not mini-USB.
Huh? On my S400, it's a USB on one and and a standard mini-usb on the camera end. A generic USB-miniUSB works fine. The Canon cable has a ferrite on the end, but that's only for noise reduction. My other cable works fine. Radio Shack, Best Buy, CC, etc. all should have a generic cable that works.