Ipad as an accessory?

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I recently brought a first gen iPad to have as an accessory for my photography. I was hoping that I could tether my D90 to it but as yet have not managed to work it out. I was just wondering if many other people use one to help with their shooting and if so, what and how you use them?
 
I was using an eye-fi card to transfer my images to my ipad while shooting but found it quite unreliable. Now I have switched to the camera connection kit. It's great being able to view the images on such a large screen.

I also use it for basic edits and uploading quick snaps.
 
That's great, I will have a look to see which way would be best for me, I am not worried about it being wireless so hope the hdmi will work. Does anyone else use an iPad and how do you use it? Apps ect.
 
I really can't see any point in directly transferring unedited raw files, as any processing one may be able to do will be slow, painful and poor quality. It is great, however, for storing processed images - jpegs at reduced file size.
 
I used mine when shooting rugby matches. I shot raw and small jpeg, then connected the camera to the ipad using the camera connector kit and imported the small jpegs whilst I walked back to the clubhouse. I then could slideshow/show images and hand out business cards for purchasing the images from my website.

Worked quite well.
 
So would it only work if you shoot in jpeg. iPad would not be able to open raw files??
 
Think an ipad is classed as a luxuary these days same as a camera for many people. I would be lost with out mine though!
 
bb40 said:
So would it only work if you shoot in jpeg. iPad would not be able to open raw files??
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I have an iPad retina, with camera connection kit. I only shoot in raw (Nikon d5100). The iPad imports raw images no problems, and there are at least two non-destructive raw editor apps, although I haven't tried them. I understand from reviews that they take a long time to perform adjustments, due to the low speed processors iPads have (although iPad retina will be better than the others). I generally keep the raw file on the SD card for import into aperture later. Raw compatibility I guess depends on the camera - those that were released after (or close to) the release date of the IOS you are running, or unpopular models, may not work.

I use the Snapspeed app for quick edits (on the converted jpeg), but to be honest the main use is to check image quality, composition etc. when out and about, and maybe sometimes uploading funny/interesting photos to FB. The larger screen (than my camera) is perfect for doing quality checks.

I looked into tethering before, but have found no solution. Here is hoping there is one in the link posted above! Going to investigate now!
 
So if you have the apple camera kit for the iPad do you have to download an app or do you just plug your cameras USB cable into the adapter and the photos show in "photos" ???
 
Craft said:
you can tether with this: www.camranger.com but its not cheap and isn't all that quick by the looks of the video.
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Think I will continue o tether using my MBP and sofortbild (which is free). This solution is probably more useable than a laptop, as the iPad (used to control the camera) isn't connected via wires alowing me to concentrate on composition of the scene whilst getting instant feedback (via live view on the iPad), but for $300 I would rather buy some filters or a 2nd hand SB700 :-)

If I had an unlimited budget, this would be high up on the list!
 
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powell7 said:
So if you have the apple camera kit for the iPad do you have to download an app or do you just plug your cameras USB cable into the adapter and the photos show in "photos" ???
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Import via photos, native to the IOS. Note this is for IOS6, I don't know if it is the same on other IOSs :-)
 
The import raw files is actually a pain because most of the time you just want to import the JPGs, for quick review and the occasional upload. Dragging all the raws across is a waste of precious finite space, and I can't see many people doing serious raw editing on an iPad. It's a great shame there's no way to shoot JPG+raw but just import the JPGs.
 
martsharm said:
The import raw files is actually a pain because most of the time you just want to import the JPGs, for quick review and the occasional upload. Dragging all the raws across is a waste of precious finite space, and I can't see many people doing serious raw editing on an iPad. It's a great shame there's no way to shoot JPG+raw but just import the JPGs.
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That is how mine is set up, raw to card one. jpegs to card two and transmit jpegs straight to the ipad.
 
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