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Decided to take a chance on this as the Apple version costs lots more and this version is 5-in-1 which is better as I have various different camera set ups. Fits perfectly into the ipad and even has a little clear rubber cover for the contact to save damage when not in use; the only thing that had me a little worried to begin with was how snug the fit for an MS Pro adapter was but this was only because the instructions made no sense and I just had to use the item by trial and error. Yes, the ipad does pop up with messages such as “this device is not supported”, “cannot read this device”, “no media detected” and various other warnings whilst you are using it but it performs whatever function you are doing anyway, you just click “ok” on the messages and they disappear. Works brilliantly, loads of photos uploaded to ipad in seconds. Very good value.
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This review is from: Shinntto(TM) iPad Camera Connection Kit 5in1 USB/SD/TF Card Reader-P For iPad 1, iPad 2 and the New iPad (New Edition) (Electronics)
IPad 3. Initially when I plugged the device into the IPad 3 and inserted a USB memory stick, the Ipad 3 came up with an error message “not enough power”. A quick search on the internet that this error message was caused by the USB memory stick and not the device, I normally use Kingston as they tend to be reliable however none of them would work; reading through the various articles it seems that these and others have built in software and flashing lights which take more power than other USB memory sticks.
I switched to a ‘cheaper’ memory stick and it recognised the device straight away, however even then I had to do some preparation work.
Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder title it DCIM. Copy your photographic files into the DCIM folder. The files must have a filename with exactly eight characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension e.g. 00000001.jpg. The article I read also said movie fles can also be imported to the Ipad so long as you remember the eight character rule e.g. Holiday1.mov.
Remove USB stick from computer and insert into adapter, making sure the switch is pointed to USB; this time my Ipad recognised it straight away and I gave me the optiion to import the photographs.
This review is from: Shinntto(TM) iPad Camera Connection Kit 5in1 USB/SD/TF Card Reader-P For iPad 1, iPad 2 and the New iPad (New Edition) (Electronics)
Easy to use and great little product but you must read the instructions. I’m sure a lot of people at first just think – “ah ok, drag and drop pics from my pc onto a usb stick, shove the usb into the gizmo and then slot into the Ipad and load up the pics onto your iPad”. I know I did !
Well that is basically all you have to do – really – it is that simple. The thing you have to make sure you do though is create a folder on the usb stick called “DCIM”, or have the pics already in a folder called “DCIM” that you then drag and drop onto the usb stick. Don’t have folders within folders. Just have one folder called “DCIM” and have the pics directly in it.
The only other thing you have to remember is to push the tiny slider on the side to the usb stick position (or the camera card position if transferring direct from the memory card).
Once inserted into your iPad, the Ipad software automatically detects the DCIM folder and then it’s up to you to select which pics to upload. Bear in mind all uploaded pics go into one mass folder on your iPad. You can then select the newly uploaded pics and make a new folder on your iPad, with the selected pics and rename it what you want e.g.Holiday 2012. (The pics don’t get removed from the mass upload folder though – they’re still in there as well as the Holiday 2012 folder).
I found that I had to make sure all the old photos on my pc that i’d renamed to things like “mum & dad”, or “Holiday with family”, I had to rename and remove any spaces. It seemed to have no problem with all the photos that had the original name given by the camera e.g IMG_0122
It was also easy using the memory card from the camera – although a bit fiddly getting it out afterwards (twizers came in handy). Just push card into gizmo and switch slider to memory card position on the side and slot into the Ipad. Then it was exactly the same process uploading photos as from a usb stick.
The gizmo is now being leant to my two sisters to use – so I think i’ll be buying another one as a present for them so I get mine back!
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Great value!,
Decided to take a chance on this as the Apple version costs lots more and this version is 5-in-1 which is better as I have various different camera set ups. Fits perfectly into the ipad and even has a little clear rubber cover for the contact to save damage when not in use; the only thing that had me a little worried to begin with was how snug the fit for an MS Pro adapter was but this was only because the instructions made no sense and I just had to use the item by trial and error. Yes, the ipad does pop up with messages such as “this device is not supported”, “cannot read this device”, “no media detected” and various other warnings whilst you are using it but it performs whatever function you are doing anyway, you just click “ok” on the messages and they disappear. Works brilliantly, loads of photos uploaded to ipad in seconds. Very good value.
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IPad 3. Initially when I plugged the device into the IPad 3 and inserted a USB memory stick, the Ipad 3 came up with an error message “not enough power”. A quick search on the internet that this error message was caused by the USB memory stick and not the device, I normally use Kingston as they tend to be reliable however none of them would work; reading through the various articles it seems that these and others have built in software and flashing lights which take more power than other USB memory sticks.
I switched to a ‘cheaper’ memory stick and it recognised the device straight away, however even then I had to do some preparation work.
Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder title it DCIM. Copy your photographic files into the DCIM folder. The files must have a filename with exactly eight characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension e.g. 00000001.jpg. The article I read also said movie fles can also be imported to the Ipad so long as you remember the eight character rule e.g. Holiday1.mov.
Remove USB stick from computer and insert into adapter, making sure the switch is pointed to USB; this time my Ipad recognised it straight away and I gave me the optiion to import the photographs.
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Easy to use and great little product but you must read the instructions. I’m sure a lot of people at first just think – “ah ok, drag and drop pics from my pc onto a usb stick, shove the usb into the gizmo and then slot into the Ipad and load up the pics onto your iPad”. I know I did !
Well that is basically all you have to do – really – it is that simple. The thing you have to make sure you do though is create a folder on the usb stick called “DCIM”, or have the pics already in a folder called “DCIM” that you then drag and drop onto the usb stick. Don’t have folders within folders. Just have one folder called “DCIM” and have the pics directly in it.
The only other thing you have to remember is to push the tiny slider on the side to the usb stick position (or the camera card position if transferring direct from the memory card).
Once inserted into your iPad, the Ipad software automatically detects the DCIM folder and then it’s up to you to select which pics to upload. Bear in mind all uploaded pics go into one mass folder on your iPad. You can then select the newly uploaded pics and make a new folder on your iPad, with the selected pics and rename it what you want e.g.Holiday 2012. (The pics don’t get removed from the mass upload folder though – they’re still in there as well as the Holiday 2012 folder).
I found that I had to make sure all the old photos on my pc that i’d renamed to things like “mum & dad”, or “Holiday with family”, I had to rename and remove any spaces. It seemed to have no problem with all the photos that had the original name given by the camera e.g IMG_0122
It was also easy using the memory card from the camera – although a bit fiddly getting it out afterwards (twizers came in handy). Just push card into gizmo and switch slider to memory card position on the side and slot into the Ipad. Then it was exactly the same process uploading photos as from a usb stick.
The gizmo is now being leant to my two sisters to use – so I think i’ll be buying another one as a present for them so I get mine back!
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