Upload Photo and Video to the Apple iPad With Camera Connection Kit

There are a few things missing from the Apple iPad that still remain a mystery and paramount among them is the omission of a digital card reader. Digital photography has exploded in recent years, and now almost everyone has access to a camera of some sort, whether a standalone camera or on a cellphone. Anyone that can afford an iPad would almost certainly have access to a digital camera of some sort.

You would think with a device like the iPad there would be a multi-card reader included, but Apple, Inc. has seen it fit to omit it, possibly leaving it for a future upgraded feature. Did anyone say iPad 2? What they have done though is create a market for (unfortunately) relatively expensive solutions to the 'vacuum' created by Apple's omissions. One of them is the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit.

This iPad camera connection kit allows you to import your photos and videos through your USB cable (not included) or directly through the popular SD card. As such, the kit comes with two connectors:

1 Camera USB Connector

2 SD Card Reader.

The camera connector allows connection to a video camera to upload your videos to your iPad and the SD card reader allows transfer of photos from your digital camera for storage and viewing on your iPad. Both use the iPad's dock attachment for synchronising.

For the SD card reader, after you attach the SD card connection kit to the iPad, insert the SD card and the iPad's photo app will generate thumbnails (that are unfortunately non-adjustable in size) and you can then choose which ones to import. You cannot enlarge and inspect the previews before deciding whether or not to import and if you have many images on the card and you only want to quickly view a few, it gets rather bothersome.

A big plus is the support for both JPEG and RAW files. The JPEG format is compressed with white balance, sharpness, saturation, brightness, contrast and other adjustments made by the camera's internal software. Professional photographers use the large RAW files to edit photos from scratch to their preference. These files have no compression or camera adjustments, so being able to view these files on the iPad is a bonus for photo aficionados.

After all that is said and done the devices do their jobs well, allowing you to store your files for future use. The SD card reader would be a perfect 'in the field' device, allowing you to store your photos on the iPad and then when you go home and attach your iPad to your computer, you can transfer the files for editing. If you are not a pro and you just want to store your photos on your iPad, the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit is also perfect for you.

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