Originally Posted by ILoveEFD
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.
ILoveEFD, You're right. The Canon USB cable is standard USB/mini-USB. I got it confused with another device's USB cable. I've gone back and removed my post that contained the incorrect info. I apologize for this mistake.