Originally Posted by eveready

I also have a few short videos which total around 20 minutes. Is this the problem? I can't work out how to check the size of the video files. Sorry for being so thick...

Now you are talking...videos are memory hogs and 20 minutes will be a lot of memory.

Ah ok. I'll try getting rid of them and see if that helps. Thank you all

Originally Posted by eveready

Hello thanks for your message. All the pics are taken with my ipad, except one or two which have been downloaded from Facebook. Each pic is between 600kb to 1.8Mb. Why do they vary so much in size?

JPEG is a lossy compression codec that can be set for different levels of quality (the lower the more information lost) - the lossy algorithms will eliminate information differently from each image taken based on its complexity, so depending on the latter & the quality level chosen, the final image size will be reduced and will vary between pics; e.g. just take a photo w/ the iPad of a solid colored piece of paper and look at its size.

I also have a few short videos which total around 20 minutes. Is this the problem? I can't work out how to check the size of the video files. Sorry for being so thick...

The iPad3 is capable of 1080p HD recording, thus like a HD DVD - although this will vary, a 2 hr HD movie is about 4 GB in size, so I suspect that your 20 mins or so in that video mode would be under 1 GB.

Is it possible that the data regarding storage use in my settings is erroneous?

Probably not as already stated, but worth doing a reset and then rechecking - directions below:

When an app (or several) are misbehaving, I usually go through the following steps:

1. Force Close - open the multi-tasking bar (double tap the 'home buttom' or use multi-gesturing and swipe up); press & hold an app until all begin to 'jiggle'; find the offending app(s) and press the 'red circle w/ minus sign' - return to the home screen & try again.

2. Restart - press & hold the 'Sleep/Awake' (a.k.a. power) button until a red slider appears (may take a few seconds) - move the slider to turn off the iPad; then press & hold the same button until the Apple logo appears - wait for a restart.

3. Reset - press & hold the 'Power' and 'Home' buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears - this may take a longer time, so have patience; the iPad will 're-boot' - NOTE that none of these maneuvers will alter your apps, files, or settings.

Good luck & please post back your results - Dave

An additional note about JPG sizes.

Besides the quality setting, JPGs size will vary depending on the content of the picture. The algorithm is smart. A picture that contains few elements, or mostly elements that look alike (color, luminance, etc) will be smaller than a busy picture containing many visually distance elements. For instance, a picture of a blue sky with a few clouds will be smaller than a picture of the crowd at a sporting event.

Hi T poet!

Can you please explain how I can discover the file sizes of the photos in the Camera Roll?
I use iPad 2.
I can see the file size of photos in Dropbox, but still I want to see the sizes in Camera Roll.
Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by PeterJMelb

Hi T poet!
Can you please explain how I can discover the file sizes of the photos in the Camera Roll?
I use iPad 2.
I can see the file size of photos in Dropbox, but still I want to see the sizes in Camera Roll.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Peter - well I'm not TP (who will likely chime in soon), but not sure that the native Photo App of the iPad can show you the file size on your images located w/i that app. Now, there are other apps that can provide that information, e.g. the pic attached is a screen capture from one of my pics opened in Photogene - selecting metadata provides a lot of information, including the size, in this case just over 95 KB - hope this may help -

Hi giradman.

Thanks for the reply.
You have almost confirmed that I cannot discover the file size without installing another app!
I am tossing up about whether to install Photogene.
Only because it seems a bit of over kill.
I will wait a day or so and depending on other people's answer, will probably give it a go.
I read all the reviews and must admit many people say it's the best!
Thanks again.

Originally Posted by PeterJMelb

Hi T poet!

Can you please explain how I can discover the file sizes of the photos in the Camera Roll?
I use iPad 2.
I can see the file size of photos in Dropbox, but still I want to see the sizes in Camera Roll.
Thanks in advance.

Like Giradman, I don't know of any way to tell the size of a photo with the Photos app. I use the iPhotos app. Just open the app and browse the file you want. The info tab at the top right (when the file is being viewed) will give you file size, type, and a few other stats.

The advantage of using iPhotos for this, rather than most third party apps, is that you do not have to copy the file to the app. Being an Apple app, they cheated a bit and gave iPhotos a bit more integrations and access to the Photos library than most other apps can manage.

Hi T Poet and G Man
Thanks for your replies.
I checked IPhotos and the reviews were not good, considering the price!
I installed Photgene and it seems pretty good and had hardly any negative press, and no problems so far, except cannot delete photos!
It is bitterly disappointing that Apple does not allow 3rd. party apps to delete photos. Just plain stupid!
This has completely spoiled Photogene for me.
What is the big deal for Apple about deleting photos?

iPhoto can not delete photos either. It's part of the sandboxing, I suppose.