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Jun292010
iPad to Camera live tethering video tip.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 07:43PM | Kevin Kubota You can connect most DSLRs to your iPad with only the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit. While this cool gadget is designed for downloading images to the iPad from a camera or SD card, I found you can also keep the camera connected and shoot, and watch the images pop up on the screen as icons - which can then be easily imported to the iPad and viewed full screen. With the plethora of fun photo tweaking apps, it's quick and easy to shoot and enhance directly with the iPad alone. This video shows how I did it. Have fun!
Reader Comments (9)
no dice on the Canon 7D, but I did find, you could fire off a bunch of images, plug in the cable, and it moves them to the Ipad very quick.. so it is not tethered, but if you want to shoot, plug in, and quickly email, it is very quick. I think the issue is the lack of settings of a usb device on the Canon.
That is really COOL Kevin! Thanks for sharing! Makes the iPad that more practical.. =)
So Kevin, do you see the iPad replacing the Epson P700 in the field, despite its size? It does dwarf the P700 in terms of storage space and has many more features but is it rugged enough for field trips into the wilderness? Also, will it eventually replace the laptop for tethering as more apps are introduced?
This is a great tip Kevin. Not only is this a good way to review your images on a larger screen while you're shooting, but it's also a great way to duplicate the images from your memory card to keep as a backup.
Hey All! Obviously, I'm not selling iPads so I don't have any agenda other than to share my experiences, so here's my pros and cons of it so far:
Pros:
• I always have it with me and it's battery lasts a LONG long time.
• beautiful screen for viewing images and plenty of cheap apps to post process images (my current favorite being Photogene :-)
• fast and easy to use
* can do other things with images right away, like post to photo sharing sites (smugmug), email them, blog, twitter, etc.
Cons:
• somewhat limited storage. I could definitely use it for downloading a few jobs in the field as long as I transferred them off when I got home.
• Not completely automatic in downloading images from camera or card, you still have to select the images and click IMPORT. Not a big deal really.