Download CF card to iPad?

[anonaboat]

Here's my thought: To save camera battery life, how about connecting a Compact Flash card reader to the Apple Photo Connector dodad's USP slot. I have not tried it yet since I'm out-and-about without the reader at hand. Thoughts anyone??

BJ
Sacramento

 

[anonaboat]

Hummmm....after doing some addition on-line reseach I found two common threads: The CF card reader MUST BE POWERED and there have been some cases of the CF card failing after the download procedure. Again...thoughts and/or comments??

BJ

 

[manitou]

Here's a link to a video Terry White made talking about getting photos from a compact flash card onto the iPad. The card reader he used in the video is not powered (at least as far as I could tell).
Wow, being a newbie I can't post a link until I have 3 or more posts. So do a Google search for "Terry White iPad Compact Flash" and you should be able to see the link to the video.

 

[anonaboat]

Absolutely PERFECT! He used a Belkin reader and even put in an Amazon link for it. Terry's the man! Thanks for the tip...

BJ

 

[manitou]

Absolutely PERFECT! He used a Belkin reader and even put in an Amazon link for it. Terry's the man! Thanks for the tip...

BJ

You're welcome. After this post, I should be able to actually post the link.

 

[manitou]

Here's the link I mentioned previously.

 

[iVan]

Careful guys before spending. This is dated news... Things have changed with OS 4.2. I had the unfortunate experience to have MemoryStick reader become unusable when I installed that OS.

Find a way to try the device instore first!

 

[anonaboat]

iVan, have you found a suitable method (product) yet?

BJ

 

[iVan]

The only thing I see is not practical but you can transfer your data from a CF to an SD on a computer. It's not practical on the road...

You're better off to use the camera instead and invest in batteries and mobile chargers.

You could use the Belkin but as I said, find a place where you can try it first.

 

[rtonyb]

Thanks for the suggestions!