CF Card reader with iPad

Just buy the Apple iPad camera connection kit.

Glor

the Apple iPad camera connection kit does not work with CF cards which is what the original poster was asking about

Sorry, I just noticed the CF. You are probably out of luck unless you can find a cf to sd adapter and use the camera connection kit. If you have a camera that has a usb port, you can connect it to the connection kit and not worry about the card form factor.

Glor

Just connect your camera directly to iPad using the camera connection kit's USB adapter. I was able to transfer photos directly from my Nikon DSLR's Compact Flash card to the iPad.

That would work, but if you're in situations like I am where you have to continue shooting it wouldn't necessarily do the trick if I have to leave the camera idle for the duration of the transfer. Tethering would be an interesting, though clumsy, concept...

All you need is a SD to CF adapter - the good ones (class 6 and above) aren't all that cheap, but you only need one, and then use SD cards in your camera and they'll go straight into the iPad camera adapter. Couple of SD cards, and you're always shooting.

Or you can get a passive CF to usb adaptor/reader.
Then plug the adaptor into the CCK usb dongle.

Watch this episode of Terry White's (adobe evangelist) blog:

http://terrywhite.com/techblog/archives/5214

He shows a couple that work, and a caveat about connecting CF readers to the camera connection kit.

When did it become popular to call connecting a cable from one device to another "tethering".

Tethering:
http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/phonesformobileworkers/f/what-is-tethering.htm

"Tethering" is the use of your cell phone -- or other Internet-enabled mobile device -- as a modem for another device, usually a notebook or PDA. The connection is made either with a cable (USB or serial) or wirelessly through bluetooth (or, in the good old days, via infrared or IrDA).

get a powered usb hub and connect the cam to that and the usb hub to the ipad

Hi !

I have just discovered that this problem is new. I have been reading my cf cards with my card reader connected to the IPad USB camera kit connector for many months.

However since my IPad SW upgrade to v4.2 it now complains about too much power required by the device... This was not the case before.

Perhaps APPLE can comment on this change ?

Best regards

CDF

As Apple don't monitor these user-to-user forums they won't comment here - you will need to provide feedback here http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html.

As part of the 4.2 update the power that is supplied to the CCK has been reduced, probably partly to limit the battery drain from external devices that were being conected to it. As a slight aside, as far as I aware, the CCK was only ever described by Apple as being for connecting directly to a camera or iPhone, or as an SD reader - the description with mine doesn't say that it can be used with other card readers or devices

"Tethering" is the use of your cell phone -- or other Internet-enabled mobile device -- as a modem for another device, usually a notebook or PDA. The connection is made either with a cable (USB or serial) or wirelessly through bluetooth (or, in the good old days, via infrared or IrDA).

The answer to "when did it become popular" is a number of years before the use with which you are familiar.

Take a quick look in the Aperture Forum and search "tethering." You may be surprised. 🙂

Terry

You need to add a powered USB hub between the reader and the ipad. For portability I suggest a battery powered hub, CP-H420MP. To the best of my knowledge it is the only one in existance and out of production. As of now the only internet reseller still having some in stock is www.sourceresearch.com. I just got one and it seems to work fine.

Check this out: http://store.micgadget.com/card-readers/280-ipad-2-cf-card-camera-connection-kit .html