The 1 gen iPad don't have USB port, as col.bris said, you need to buy the apple adapter for sd type cards, or you can get the photoes from camera to your computer first, and then put the photoes to you iTunes library from the computer, at last sync the photoes to your iPad via iTunes. Here you can get the sync tips.How do you upload photos from your camera onto iPad?....cannot see where to plug in USB lead?