There are 2 ways that you can transfer camera photos and footage to new iPad/iPad 2/iPad 1st gen.

1. Back up camera photos and footage to computer and then copy/sync to iPad.
What it requires: the USB cables that comes with the camera and the iPad device, camera, iPad, your computer with iTunes installed.
How-to:
1) Connect the camera/camcorder with computer with the USB cable that comes with the camera.
If the device does not shows up as an external drive on your computer, check if you have turned up the camera/camcorder and if there's message on your device for USB connection. If you have a card reader, remove the memory card and insert the card in the card reader. It's easier for you computer to read photos from a card reader.



2) Open the camera as an external drive and back up photos and videos to computer.
Photos are generally saved in the DCIM folder, videos in another folder. If you're running Mac OS, it's better to copy everything to hard drive.


3) Connect your iPad to computer with the USB cable that comes with the device.
iPad must be turned on and unlocked during connection.



4) Open up iTunes. Click on the iPad icon in the left-hand column.



5) Find "Manually manage music and videos" and check the box. Now iPad is connected as an USB drive. Drag and drop your source videos to iPad.
Note: Your iPad does not support all kinds of videos. Check iPad supported formats before transferring movies. If the video format(s) is not compatible with iPad, convert them to H.264 mp4 with Pavtube Video Converter. Having a problem syncing videos to iPad? Try your luck at iPad Video Specials for information.


2. Transfer camera photos and footage to iPad directly
What it requires:iPad with the USB cable that came with the device, camere with USB cable, iPad Camera Connection Kit - an additional accessory sold separately by Apple.

iPad Camera Connection Kit:



How to:
1) Insert the SD Card Reader or Camera Connector, included in the iPad Camera Connection Kit, into the iPad dock connector.




2) Unlock iPad, and the Photos app opens and displays the photos and videos that are available for importing.

3) Select the photos and videos you want to import.
To import all the items: Tap Import All. To import just some of the items: Tap the ones you want to include (a checkmark appears on each), tap Import, then select Import Selected.


4) Disconnect the SD Card Reader or Camera Connector.
After the photos are imported, keep or delete the photos and videos on the card or camera, .

What kind of photos and footage can be imported to iPad: standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and MPEG-4.
What kind of photos and footage are not supported: videos in MPEG2 (.mpg), AVCHD (.mts, .m2ts), MXF, MOD, TOD, etc.
Workaround with unsupported/unregonizable videos: go with the 1st way and convert the videos to H.264 .mp4/.mov format.

I use the original Apple Camera Connection Kit with my new iPad 3. Importing Fotos via USB connection works well using my Cameras Canon SX 210 and Canon HF10 (HD video camcorder).Importing Videos from SX 210 works well,but it seems not possible to import Videos from the HF10.

Who has an idea what to do ??? The video format of the HF10 should be compatible (Mpeg-4 / H264). What might be the reason ??

To import AVCHD .mts footage to iPad for watching only:

1. Transfer the .mts/.m2ts footage to your computer first.
2. Use iPad Video Converter to convert AVCHD footage to iPad supported format.
3. Add those conversions to iTunes movie library.
4. Sync converted footage to iPad via iTunes.

To import AVCHD .mts footage to iPad for editing in iMovie:

1. Transfer the .mts/.m2ts footage to your computer first.
2. Use iPad Video Converter to convert AVCHD footage to iPad supported format.
3. Rename those conversions to with filenames exactly 8 characters long plus their file extension, e.g. 12345678.mp4
4. Create a DCIM directory off the SD card's root.
5. Copy those conversions back to the DCIM directory of the SD card.
6. Insert the SD card to iPad Camera Connection Kit, and connect the kit to iPad.
7. Now your videos will be detected by iPad automatically, select the footage that you’d like to copy to iPad and then tap Import Selected Videos button.