Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit

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3.0 out of 5 stars

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    USB

    • Written by from Heflin

    The USB Part does not work on mine, my sisters nor my best friends, we all have one. Says not enough power??? The card reader does work. Most of the time.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Completely useless

    • Written by from Challock

    This item works with some iPads and not with others. How can Apple sell such an unpredictable product with no hint at point of sale that it could be £25 wasted on completely useless piece of kit ?

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Love it!!!

    • Written by from Bloomingdale

    After reading some of the reviews I was a little leary of placing my order, but the camera conncection kit is exactly what I was looking for to round out my iPad use. Decided to go for it and if it didn't work, send it back. Just got the camera connection kit and tried the camera memory card, then the camera cable. Both worked like magic. I know I'll get a lot of use from this little kit. Thank you Apple!!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    D700 owners this is for you

    • Written by from Sheffield

    Just bought an iPad, and bought this kit add on too. Of course, it's a pain that Apple charge £25 for something that should be included as standard (USB connectivity) but once you get over that this product just works.

    I shoot RAW + JPEG on a Nikon D700. The iPad handles them perfectly, and when I get back to my home computer I can import my files directly from the iPad into Lightroom 3 without the need to use iPhoto.

    I was concerned about whether this kit would work, but it does, seamlessly, straight out the box and my photos look fantastic!

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    iPad adaptors

    • Written by from Yorba Linda

    I use the SD card adaptor o transfer all of my photos from my Nikon. It always transfers without any problems. One note. You should not use you camera to directly download your photos through the USB adaptor. There is always a possibility that your camera or card could be damaged. Always remove the card and plug it into the SD adaptor.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Disadvantages to this kit

    • Written by from EASTBOURNE

    Whilst the camera kit is ideal for downloading from sd cards it has no facility for compact flash other than through the camera. So that's ok just plug the camera in via the USB connector.

    Big problem cannot transfer files with USB memory stick. Why not? Error shows not enough power. iPad fully charged, tried 2gb and 8gb USBs -no luck.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent.

    • Written by from northampton

    Both the USB and SD adapter work well with my Nikon D3100.
    I was concerened after a few reviews said that they were having problems, shame they never stated what camera they were using.
    So no problems importing photos direct from camera, or the SDCH card (TDK 8GB), then sending them on from there to e mail or other sites.
    One reason for getting the iPad 2 was so I could take it on my travels and upload photos.
    Very pleased.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Does not work with Cannon Powershot

    • Written by from Sunnyvale

    This only worked the first time I connected the iPad 2 to camera usng the USB connector. After the first time, the iPad 2 does not detect the camera. I tried everything - charging up iPad, new batteries on camera, removing and replacing SD card on camera but nothing worked. I finally removed the SD card from the camera and used the other connector with the SD card slot and it worked. My first Apple product and am disappointed that it cannot perform a simple operation.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Contents Unavailable

    • Written by from Bellevue

    The camera connection kit used to work with my Nikon via the USB connection. BUT since various software updates to the iPad, I now get a message stating: The connected storage media may be damaged, every time I try to connect the camera to the iPad camera connection kit via USB. Extremely disappointed with this Apple product. I have a device that is now useless. What a wait of money.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Now a midi interface and more!

    • Written by from Cardiff

    You get two adapters included, a SD card reader that works great with most cameras and a USB adapter, primarily for connecting a digital camera via its usb cable. However the usb adapter now offers midi connectivity for usb midi music keyboards and iOS4.2 music apps that have been suitably enabled. Connect your favourite powered usb keyboard and play music with apps like NLog synth and more! whats more many usb headsets or mics work as do usb pc keyboards! Bear in mind though the ipad doesnt deliver much power over its usb port so you might need a powered device! a very useful accessory.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Good but lacking a huge feature

    • Written by from Kingston

    When plugged into the iPad you can only browse little thumbnails. I often take 4 or 5 pictures to get the right angle. It would be nice to be able to see large versions of the pictures or to be able to quickly show picturess that are on the sd card with out having to import them all.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love this kit

    • Written by from San Francisco

    I couldn't quite figure out how to work this the first try. I hooked up the camera and all the photos appeared on my iPad. But, when I disconnected, the photos were gone. Same thing happened with the card reader.

    Then, I realized that, up in the right hand corner of the iPad screen is a button for 'import'. Voila! There were all my photos, in my iPhoto album in a stack called 'last import'.

    Then, I took some of them to the Photo Pal app and, again, just as promised, excellent results.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    A must have adapters for iPad user

    • Written by from Novato

    The SD card read fast and fawless. USB adapter is multi function connector for USB speaker, multi format card read, Skype phone set and more.
    RAW format file support Nikon NEF, Canon CR2 and Olympus RAW.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Worked Once

    • Written by from Pretoria

    SD card reader only worked once! :-( before IOS 6 please fix it! Waste of money...

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Good product, bad instructions

    • Written by from Allen

    Don't return it yet !!! It's not plug and play, but by googling I learned the following for using the SD card:

    1. The images on the SD card MUST be inside a folder named DCIM (just like a camera)
    2. The file name CANNOT exceed 8 characters, plus the suffix. Example: 12345678.jpg

    Don't ask me why these are the rules..... I was so frustrated....I made sure these rules applied and then it worked perfectly. Works for loading .mp4 files too.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Does not work

    • Written by from Seattle

    I have a first gen. iPad with latest OS (as of Feb. 2012). USB adapter did not work with Nikon D200 or Canon SD880 and SD adapter did not work with a 16GB Sandisk Ultra. Also both adapters didn't feel very securely connected to the iPad - had a "third party" feel.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Terrible - Does not work

    • Written by from George Green

    I bought this from Apple to load my photos onto my ipad but it does not work, Apple fail to tell you that it is not compatible with all cameras, what a waste of money. Very bad product from Apple, not happy at all.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Doesn't do anything

    • Written by from Matsudo

    Hoped to be able to import jpegs via sd card reader. All the literature says that iPad 2 "automatically opens photo app" and yet it doesn' t. In fact, nothing happens. I can't find the sd card nor the photos on it anywhere.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best Add-on

    • Written by from Centennial

    This is an absolutely awesome addition to your luggage for those trips when you expect to be taking hundreds if not thousands of photos. SOOOO easy to use its fool proof.....

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Brilliant piece of kit!

    • Written by from BASINGSTOKE

    Does exactly what it say's on the tin!!
    works faultlessly for me and my Nikons in RAW or jpeg. All the SD cards i have thrown at it have worked also.

    I cannot recommend this product enough it's great.

    If your un-sure use apples 14 day no quibble get your money back thing ( ive not had to use it yet )

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