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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. I don't think you can but that's largely because of the lack of suitable software in the iPad. I expect it could be done but Apple haven't seen fit. no, it's because it's not a common use case for a mobile device, so there's no point in bothering to support it. there are other devices more suitable for what he wants to do. attaching not one, but *two* hard drives is certainly not mobile. |
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In article , David Taylor
wrote: Can the iPad do anything useful with an OTG cable, or is that limited to the micro-USB connector? you don't need an otg cable (nor would one work) and it doesn't have a micro usb connector anyway. the camera connection kit is how you get usb host support, but only for limited devices because most usb devices don't make any sense being attached to a mobile device. |
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2013 02:51:53 -0400, nospam
wrote: In article , Eric Stevens wrote: I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. I don't think you can but that's largely because of the lack of suitable software in the iPad. I expect it could be done but Apple haven't seen fit. no, it's because it's not a common use case for a mobile device, so there's no point in bothering to support it. Has it occurred to you that it's not a 'comon use case' for the simple reason it can't be done with the iPad as it stands? there are other devices more suitable for what he wants to do. attaching not one, but *two* hard drives is certainly not mobile. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 10/2/2013 9:24 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2013-10-02 17:32:52 -0700, PeterN said: On 10/2/2013 8:04 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:11:32 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 10/1/2013 10:55 PM, nospam wrote: In article 201310011916001393-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: On 2013-10-01 19:02:48 -0700, nospam said: In article 2013100118384311967-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: Indeed, I considred using a iPad to transfer files from my CF cards toa portable hard drive. The Apple people told me it couldn't be done. it's not intended to transfer files from a camera to a hard drive. If you use the Apple "Camera Kit" it does. not in the way you think. What way do I think? ...or should I ask, what way do you think I think? read what i said: it's not intended to transfer files from a camera to a hard drive. you then said with the cck, it can do that. that tells me you are thinking it can operate as a typical hard drive plugged into a laptop, both read and write. it cannot. the cck is designed for the most common use case, copying photos from a camera to the ipad. that's why it's called a camera connection kit and not a hard drive interface kit. I use the Apple "Camera Kit" to transfer image files (JPEG only as there is little point to load RAW files onto the iPad) from SDHC cards used in my G11 and my D300S. For The times I shoot RAW+JPEG on my D300s without an SDHC in the second slot, or for images captured on my Fujifilm E900 which uses the awful, and mostly incompatible xD card, I use the USB part of the "Camera kit" to connect the camera (D300S or E900 via USB cable. My iPad has no problem recognizing the files on either camera. One note, you cannot use normal card readers which require a USB power source, the iPad does not do that. Now, what in way was it you think I was thinking? what you describe is the normal task of copying photos from a card or camera to the ipad and is fully supported. i never said otherwise. as for hard drives, any usb hard drive would do the same thing (assuming it's self-powered, obviously) and only if the photos were in the same folder hierarchy as a camera's memory card (dcim folder). the ipad sees the drive as a memory card and as with a card, it's read-only. that is not an issue for 99% of use cases. people want to copy photos off the cards so that they can reuse them to take more photos, not write images back to them. it's *extremely* rare that someone would want to copy photos to a card, especially from a device that has a much better method of displaying them and the connectivity to upload them to pretty much anywhere. All of which proves, that the iPad port, does not function as a USB port. Which is the function i need. Sorry Peter, USB ports are only a connection. What the hardware does with it is up to the software on each side. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB for more than you ever wanted to know. I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. Nope! The iPad USB is not going to have enough juice to do that. A standard USB card reader hooked up to an IPad with the USB connector provided in the "Camera Connection Kit" is going to give you this message. https://db.tt/UduMmVDt However there are powered USB hard drives designed to work with the iPad which will get you close to what you are looking for. Yup! -- PeterN |
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On 10/2/2013 10:44 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:32:52 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 10/2/2013 8:04 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:11:32 -0400, PeterN wrote: On 10/1/2013 10:55 PM, nospam wrote: In article 201310011916001393-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: On 2013-10-01 19:02:48 -0700, nospam said: In article 2013100118384311967-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: Indeed, I considred using a iPad to transfer files from my CF cards toa portable hard drive. The Apple people told me it couldn't be done. it's not intended to transfer files from a camera to a hard drive. If you use the Apple "Camera Kit" it does. not in the way you think. What way do I think? ...or should I ask, what way do you think I think? read what i said: it's not intended to transfer files from a camera to a hard drive. you then said with the cck, it can do that. that tells me you are thinking it can operate as a typical hard drive plugged into a laptop, both read and write. it cannot. the cck is designed for the most common use case, copying photos from a camera to the ipad. that's why it's called a camera connection kit and not a hard drive interface kit. I use the Apple "Camera Kit" to transfer image files (JPEG only as there is little point to load RAW files onto the iPad) from SDHC cards used in my G11 and my D300S. For The times I shoot RAW+JPEG on my D300s without an SDHC in the second slot, or for images captured on my Fujifilm E900 which uses the awful, and mostly incompatible xD card, I use the USB part of the "Camera kit" to connect the camera (D300S or E900 via USB cable. My iPad has no problem recognizing the files on either camera. One note, you cannot use normal card readers which require a USB power source, the iPad does not do that. Now, what in way was it you think I was thinking? what you describe is the normal task of copying photos from a card or camera to the ipad and is fully supported. i never said otherwise. as for hard drives, any usb hard drive would do the same thing (assuming it's self-powered, obviously) and only if the photos were in the same folder hierarchy as a camera's memory card (dcim folder). the ipad sees the drive as a memory card and as with a card, it's read-only. that is not an issue for 99% of use cases. people want to copy photos off the cards so that they can reuse them to take more photos, not write images back to them. it's *extremely* rare that someone would want to copy photos to a card, especially from a device that has a much better method of displaying them and the connectivity to upload them to pretty much anywhere. All of which proves, that the iPad port, does not function as a USB port. Which is the function i need. Sorry Peter, USB ports are only a connection. What the hardware does with it is up to the software on each side. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB for more than you ever wanted to know. I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. I don't think you can but that's largely because of the lack of suitable software in the iPad. I expect it could be done but Apple haven't seen fit. That was my point. If the port doesn't have full USB functionality, and then it's not USB. What is interesting is that when nospam claims an Apple is not a PC, his logic is exactly the opposite of his argument that the iPad has a USB port. -- PeterN |
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On 10/3/2013 2:51 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN wrote: All of which proves, that the iPad port, does not function as a USB port. Which is the function i need. Sorry Peter, USB ports are only a connection. What the hardware does with it is up to the software on each side. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB for more than you ever wanted to know. I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. no. that is *well* beyond what any tablet could do, ipad or not. a tablet doesn't fit your needs. no big deal. buy something else that does. that doesn't mean an ipad is crap, it means that your particular use case is not what it was designed to do. Since you agree, why do you argue. BTWn Just where have I said the iPad was crap. it's like buying a car and wondering why you can't put a piano in the trunk. a car was not designed to move pianos. for that you have to get a truck (and additional people). Depends on the size of the piano. -- PeterN |
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On 10/3/2013 2:51 AM, nospam wrote:
In article 2013100218245635001-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: However there are powered USB hard drives designed to work with the iPad which will get you close to what you are looking for. no there aren't. what he wants to do can't be done on an ipad or an android tablet either. there are other devices that fit his needs. And I happily use them. the only issues I run into with them, are due to my own mistakes. -- PeterN |
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In article , PeterN
wrote: That was my point. If the port doesn't have full USB functionality, and then it's not USB. it is very definitely usb and it has full functionality. just because a particular use case is not supported does not mean a usb port is no longer a usb port. what a ridiculous thing to say. What is interesting is that when nospam claims an Apple is not a PC, his logic is exactly the opposite of his argument that the iPad has a USB port. how in the world do you come up with that nonsense? |
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In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. I don't think you can but that's largely because of the lack of suitable software in the iPad. I expect it could be done but Apple haven't seen fit. no, it's because it's not a common use case for a mobile device, so there's no point in bothering to support it. Has it occurred to you that it's not a 'comon use case' for the simple reason it can't be done with the iPad as it stands? has it occurred to you that the reason the ipad doesn't do it is *because* it's not a common use case? mobile devices are different than laptops. having hard drives hanging off of a mobile device makes it non-mobile. it's a stupid idea on its face. there's no point in implementing something that's stupid. |
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On 10/3/2013 2:51 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Eric Stevens wrote: I quite understand that. Are you saying that I can connect a card reader and two HD's to to an iPad, and download from the card, to a hard drive, and backup HD1 to HD 2. Then look at the images on HD1 and do a rough edit and cull with the iPad. I don't think you can but that's largely because of the lack of suitable software in the iPad. I expect it could be done but Apple haven't seen fit. no, it's because it's not a common use case for a mobile device, so there's no point in bothering to support it. there are other devices more suitable for what he wants to do. attaching not one, but *two* hard drives is certainly not mobile. So when I say it won't work for me I'm bashing. But you can say that it's not designed to meet my uses. By my definition that's arguing for the sake of arguing. -- PeterN |
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