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Connecting the camera to a computer with a USB cable

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Connecting the camera to a computer with a USB cable

Alright. I'm ready to connect the camera to the computer. Now, we've already connected the USB end to the other side of the camera. And, remember, we used a jerk-stopper type cable here to take the tension off of the port and provide some protections. Let's take the other end and go directly into the computer. Your computer may vary, but you probably have at least one USB port on each side of the computer. And you can use those to create the tether. I'll take that in. There we go. And let's just reposition that on the side. That's good. Still secure. But what I don't want is to have this cable dangling around, so I'm going to use the equivalent of a jerk stopper on this end. Now, you could just simply tie the cable off, use a rubber band, a piece of tape, anything work fines. But the jerk stopper is available as well. I've got one attached to the bottom of the table here. I'll just take that Set it in the groove. Slip that on. And slide it into place. There we go. And that provides a…

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