Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader

Because my camera lacks wireless capabilities, I needed a way to quickly transfer photos to my phone and share them. This was an excellent solution, and it also allows me to use the phone as OTG storage and backup. If your phone's storage is full, it also offers an external storage option. It's a cinch to use. br>br>**What follows is a lengthy, but hopefully helpful, PSA that began as a way to address older reviews here that complained about issues that may or may not apply any longer. If you're having trouble with any of the issues listed below, I recommend looking over the procedures and notes provided, as well as conducting your own research on the Internet. Perhaps this will also dispel a few common misunderstandings. br>br>For the record, none of these issues were present in my setup in January. 2020 - Apple's iOS 13 is installed on the iPhone 11 Pro. br>OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE: I'm using iOS 15 at the moment. I can also confirm that this is compatible with the iPad 7th Generation. br>br>• Complaint: br>• Status: The card will not be read by iOS 13. br> If this was the case at the time of release, I'm sure the updates have fixed it. I purchased this shortly after iOS 13 was released, and it has never failed me. For me, both directions are fully functional. If that's the problem, it's because the Photos app doesn't open automatically when you insert the card. To use the app, you must first launch it. If there are many large files on the card, the Import icon will appear in the bottom right corner. It may take several minutes for the phone to read the card. The same is true when it comes to selecting and importing - It's possible that you'll have to wait for the phone to read all of them before proceeding. If for some reason the icon does not appear, see the workaround for importing via the Files app below. • Complaint: br>br> The size of a file is reduced when it is transferred. br>• Current Status: As stated previously, this is not the case in my setup. I've transferred files using both the Photos and Files apps so far (depending on the file). CR2 (Canon raw), (Canon raw), (Canon raw), (Canon raw), (Canon raw jpg, . jpeg, . heic, . png, . gif, . rtf, . pdf, . pages, . txt, . m4a, . wav, . mp4 and . mp3 files in both directions, with no file degradation, processing, or alteration; all perfect, verbatim copies Because this adapter contains no software, this is exactly what one would expect. It's just a card reader - that's all there is to it. a wire with attachments - All that should happen now is for the file to be copied to a new location. If this is a problem, it must be caused by a setting in your computer. This is just a guess, but you might want to look into the Settings option. Photographs Change Automatic to Keep Originals if you're transferring to a Mac or PC. • Complaint: br>br> • Status: Unable to transfer files from iPhone to SD card. br> False. It works in both directions once more. I'm aware that this goes against what the Apple support page says - Greetings on the World Wide Web - But I do it all the time, and here's how I do it: Choose which photo(s) you want to export. To open the locations browser, click the Share icon, scroll down, and choose Save to Files. By long-pressing the card or a folder on the card, or even creating a new folder in that location, you can select the card or a folder on the card, or even create a new folder in that location. Give the folder a name by pressing or tapping the folder icon at the top, and then select that new folder. Wait for the transfer to complete before pressing Save. Voilà.
Note: If you haven't looked at the Files app's locations browser, you might notice that it's essentially the iOS version of Finder on a Mac based on its structure. If you wanted to, you could save, access, and use files on your device outside of an app's library in the On My iPhone/iPad section. • Complaint: br>br> iPhone requires that you import to the Camera Roll rather than a specific album. br>• Current status: Once more, this is incorrect. There's an "Import to:" option. On the Import screen, just above the thumbnails, there's an option called " You have the option of selecting an album you previously created in Photos or creating and naming a new album directly from the Import screen. All photos from all albums are displayed in the Camera Roll, but you can manage all photos you've categorized into albums from their respective albums, as well as add or remove albums as needed. br>Warning: The following information is for informational purposes only. The photos in an album are not deleted when the album is removed. An album is simply a virtual "container" for organizing the photos in the Camera Roll. If you're finished with an album and want to get rid of it as well as its photos, it's best to delete the photos first, then dump the album. Otherwise, you'll have to delete them by selecting them from the Camera Roll, which is a tedious and self-defeating process. chastisement br>It's also worth noting that if you want to free up storage space, you'll have to delete the deleted photos from the Recently Deleted folder. • Complaint: br>br> All of the photos on the card must be imported. br>• Status: And it's false once more. The importer gives you the option of selecting/deselecting all photos on the card, or manually selecting as few or as many individual photos as you want, as well as keeping or deleting the photos on the card after the import is finished. • Complaint: br>br> No computer-related data will be imported. photographs that have been manipulated br>• Current status: True, but only if certain conditions are met. Please see the notes below about the Photos app. NOTES ON IMPORTING TO THE PHOTOS APP (INCLUDING COMPUTER-BASED PHOTOS) photos that have been edited): "Apple camera adapters can only import content that was captured by digital cameras," Apple says. This is demonstrably false, just like the claim that you can't export to a card. I've been able to successfully import the following file types (photo and video) from an SD card into the Photos app so far: CR2, . jpg, . heic, . png, . gif, as well as. mp4. My Canon is only capable of producing. CR2 and . jpg, as well as on my iPhone. So, what about the other three, which I transferred to the card from my computer after Photoshop editing? Regardless of what Apple claims, Photos can import any compatible image file from the card if the following two conditions are met: 1. br>br> The file must be in the correctly labeled image folder on the card, as well as within the properly structured folder tree, as follows: [playing card] DCIM > [folder containing images] When the camera formats the card, it creates this structure. I recommend using two cards. removing the card from your camera, but the default path for my camera (Canon 5D Mark III) is: EOS_DIGITAL is an acronym that stands for "Electronic Operating System Digital. " DCIM > 100EOS5D. Additional folders are named 101EOS5D, 102EOS5D, and so on, so if you create them manually, you'll just be duplicating that structure. The card can have any name you want, but the DCIM folder must be top level, and the image folder(s) within DCIM must use the naming convention of three numbers (the first number cannot be zero), followed by any combination of five alpha-numeric characters. No spaces, no underscores, and no case-insensitive characters sensible (i. e. (For example, 123ABCDE, 300AB_XY, 567_bcde, and so on. ) As long as the name doesn't start with a zero, Photos will find and look in any DCIM subfolder or multiple subfolders whose name follows that format. 2. br>br>1. br>br>br>br>br>br The file name format for digital cameras must also be followed: 3 alpha- (Any combination, not case-sensitive) numeric or underscore characters sensitive, no spaces), then an underscore, and then four numbers in any order (i. e. IMG_1234. _mg_0001, CR2. B_1_1234. jpg is a jpeg image. (examples: png, jpg, and so on. ) It's worth noting that Photos requires the file extension " for JPEGs. jpg", but it will not be read as ". jpeg". br>br>• You can naturally create folder structures and/or rename files on the card using Finder on a Mac or Windows Explorer on a PC, but you can also do so using the Files app on your device, just as you would in Finder. Files, unlike Finder, does not allow you to rename extensions. Long-pressing the filename with the extension (along with camera and lens metadata if available) will reveal the full filename with the extension (and, if available, camera and lens metadata). pressing the file and then selecting Info from the pop-up menu up menu. Additionally, if you use Files to rename a file on the card, you may need to remove the card and reinsert it in Photos in order for Photos to see or import it. • WORKAROUND FOR IMPORTING FILES: br>br> Because Files in iOS is essentially the same interface with the card as Finder on a Mac, if Photos still doesn't recognize image files on the card after confirming the above, you can import the images directly into Files. Open the Files app and go to the Browse page (folder icon in the bottom right corner) to find the card. As described above, navigate through the DCIM folder to your image folder(s). Select the desired photos or hit Select All at the top left by clicking the circled ellipsis icon in the top right corner and selecting Select from the dropdown menu. It's worth noting that reading multiple large files on the phone can take several minutes, as previously stated. br>br>At this point, you should be able to choose between two possibilities: *
1. Adding to Photos: Save Image from the Actions menu (Save [X] Images if multiple images are selected) by clicking the Share icon on the task bar (bottom left corner). After that, the photos will appear in your Photos Camera Roll, where you can manage them as needed.
2. Importing Data into Files: To access the locations browser, click the Folder icon in the task bar's bottom left corner. You'll save in the On My iPhone (or iPad) section, which is essentially the user library. To save the photos, select the desired location in Finder and hit Copy in the top right corner. To save in a new folder, either long-term or short-term, create and name it. When the parent location pops up, press the folder icon at the top right next to Copy and select New Folder. Of course, you can keep them in Files for viewing or sharing, but if you want to organize or edit them in Photos, you can select them from Files and Import them into Photos as described above. br>*You can also use the long-press option to import a single image. To access the same options, simply press the file to bring up an actions menu. • Another application of that workaround: br>br> When shooting separately, Photos will recognize, import, and export JPEG or raw files; however, when shooting in "RAW JPEG" mode and then importing them with Photos, I've discovered that Photos will only export the JPEG copy of the pair. I'm not sure why it does this or if there's a way around it, but it's a pain if you want to access/transfer your raws later. Files, on the other hand, will let you import RAW JPEG images from the card as individual files, which you can then manage in Photos after saving them in Files as described above. If your camera has dual SD slots, you could also avoid the problem by recording raw files on one and jpeg on the other, but I don't. IMPORTING/EXPORTING WITH THE FILES APP: IMPORTING/EXPORTING WITH THE FILES APP IMPORTING/EXPORTING WITH THE FILES APP IMPORTING/EXPORTING WITH THE FILES APP NOTES br>br>• When using the Files app to save to Photos, the only option is to import to the Camera Roll rather than a specific album. Then, as usual, you can sort them into Photos albums, but this is an additional step. br>br>• Unlike Photos, Files are aware of the. Photos will appear after you add the jpeg extension. When you save a jpeg file from Files, it will become a jpeg file. • Unlike Photos, Files does not require any naming or folder location conventions. br>br>• Also unlike Photos, Files does not require any naming or folder location conventions. You can use Finder or Windows Explorer to find all compatible files and folders on the card. It's worth noting that this only applies to the card (as far as I can tell). You can't use Files to access the device's internal storage except for what's in the app itself. br>br>• Exporting files to the card from the Files app on my iPhone differs slightly from the import process. To select files (individual or multiple), follow the same steps as before. Following that, you have a couple of choices:
1. Long- The actions menu will appear when you press a single file. You can then choose between two options: br>* Select Copy, navigate to the desired location on the card using Browse, and long-press. (Clicking Share this time will give you Copy, as well as other options unrelated to the SD card, so it's an unnecessary extra step. ) )br>* Alternatively, press Move to open the locations browser, then press the folder icon in the bottom-right corner of the task bar to continue with option 2 of the Import to Files workaround, this time navigating to the card's preferred location. br>2. Select single or multiple files using the circled ellipsis, then choose one of the following options: br>* Select Share, then Copy, Browse, and long-press on the card to find the location you want. To paste from the pop-up menu, press in the field and select Paste. Wait for the transfer to finish before going back to the main menu. br>* Hit the folder icon in the middle of the task bar at the bottom, then follow option 2 of the Import to Files workaround, just as you did with the Move selection in option 1 above. br>br>• With a minor change, you can also export a complete folder or multiple folders. 1) a long-distance relationship 2) hit the circled ellipsis icon in the top right corner to open the dropdown menu, hit Select, pick the folders you want, hit the Share icon, and hit Copy from the Actions menu; or 3) hit the circled ellipsis icon in the top right corner to open the dropdown menu, hit Select, pick the folders you want, hit the Share icon, and hit Copy from the Actions menu. Return to Browse and select the card you just copied using one of those two methods, then navigate to where you want the transfer to go and long-press it. Any blank spot in that field can be pressed on. From the pop-up menu, select Paste. Wait for the transfer to finish before going back to the main menu. br>br>• Keep in mind that long-term is a term that can be used to describe a period of time. Instead of the blank field, pressing on an item brings up the item's Actions menu, which does not include the option to paste your copied folder or files. • It may not be as elegant as an Android device with an onboard MicroSD card, but it should be obvious that this is a way to increase the iPhone's fixed storage capacity for any file types that are usable with iOS apps, regardless of whether or not they have anything to do with a camera. KEY IDEAS: br>br> br>br>• An SD card is a type of external storage device. Basically, it's a solid-state device. a USB cable connects a computer to a hard drive. br>br>• A card reader is nothing more than a way for your device to interface with the card, similar to how a USB cable connects a computer to a hard drive. br>br>• Steve Jobs stated in his 2007 introduction of the iPhone that it was desktop-compatible. In a mobile device, you can use class applications and network - It's a hand-held personal computer, to put it another way. As a result, think of Files as a scaled-down version of Finder for iOS, as mentioned earlier.

Erick Doyle

| Dec 25, 2021

If you have upgraded to IOS 13, DO NOT PURCHASE. If you've upgraded to IOS 13, DO NOT PURCHASE! br>br>This is a fantastic SD card reader, but the new IOS 13 update prevents it from reading cards. It will work fine if you did not upgrade. This is terrible, terrible, terrible, and it is annoying that Apple treats us this way. br>br>Again, if you've upgraded to IOS 13, don't buy it.

Kinley Petty

| Sep 20, 2021

This item will work fine if you're looking for a reader to transfer low-quality images (400kb) to share on a cell phone, but it will not work if you're looking for it to transfer them in their original quality (6mb or greater). It compresses files to around 400kb in order to transfer them quickly. Even if you use it for RAW images, it reduces the file size to around 400 kb. I was looking for something different, and this was not it. It was returned to me!.

Rylee Hooper

| Dec 29, 2021

I used to transfer trail camera photos from my SD card to my iPhone quickly.

Layton Fields

| Jan 20, 2021

Just what I needed to ensure that I could transfer and view video and photos from my Lumix G7 to my iPad 2017. Transfers high-resolution photos and 4K video from my 64GB Transcend card at a reasonable rate. This allows me to look at my photos while I'm not at my home computer. I was on the verge of buying the one that connects directly to a camera, but when I saw the card reader, I knew it was the one I needed. br>br>Transferring files is a simple and intuitive process, but be aware that it is one-time use only. Because you CANNOT transfer photos from your iPad to the card in the card reader, this is the only option. You can also delete the contents of the cards if you want to, for example, after moving them to your iPad. You'll have more room for your next photo shoot as a result of this. Overall, it's pricey, but I've heard horror stories about electronics being harmed by offbrand cables and accessories. Why should you take the chance?.

Emmett Macias

| Oct 28, 2021

If you have a nice camera that isn't connected to the internet, this is a game changer. I can use my Canon and various lenses without having to go through the pain of uploading them to my computer at home. This way. I take the photos at the ballpark, then transfer them to my phone using the lightning card reader. Before the game is even over, I can text the other moms pictures of their kids.

Graysen Vogel

| Dec 05, 2021

This item is simple to use if you remove your memory card from your camera and transfer the photos to your phone in their original format. However, I was hoping that you could upload your photos to your PC, edit them, then save them to a memory card and transfer the edited photos to your phone. This does not work; I tried everything I could find on the internet about labeling a file, dropping edited photos into it, and then transferring to your phone. I was not able to make this work. If all you want to do is transfer unedited photos from your computer to your phone, this should suffice.

Promise Pacheco

| Jul 18, 2021

It works, but having to repeat the process is inconvenient. I had to rename all of my older jpg photos in order to upload them to my iPad. If you are unfamiliar with Apple products and believe that this will make it simple to transfer old movies from your PC to your iPad, you will be disappointed if you have a large number of file extensions other than. mov. There is software that can convert codecs to make them work, but it should be a lot easier.

Nyomi Kelley

| Jan 16, 2021