IPad and the camera connection kit
Just got the Apple camera connection kit
The first try just didn’t work!
Apparently, the amount of power the iPad will supply through the camera connection kit’s USB port
However, a solution was found for that issue: split USB power cable for external hard drives!
So, with iPad, camera connection kit
Not awesome, since hooked up to the laptop, it can manage 22MB/second. To top it off, the need for secondary power would be a hassle. So, returned it to the store.
Currently, awaiting the Lexar USB dual slot(CF/SD) reader
The image at the top of the page is one of the images from the transfer. It was edited with Photogene on the iPad, and uploaded to Flickr via Blogpress.
Update July 22nd, 2010:
Well, after digging through my gear bin at home, I’ve come up with some interesting observations:
- Different compact flash cards have different levels of power draw. If the compact flash card requires more power than the iPad wants to give it, you will see the “too much power” popup.
- SanDisk Ultra II – 1GB
– OK
- Photofast 533X/plus 16GB
– Too much power
- Cards not formatted properly will show up as “Device not supported”
This does have me thinking about the impact to battery life, for a given flash card, in my camera. I’ve been wondering why the camera had been draining faster than I remembered lately. Well, apparently, I had recently upgraded all of my cards to PhotoFast 533X cards. I’ll need to check to see if my RiData 233X
