For anyone on the fence about the camera connection kit

[Wolffmann34]

I may not know much about jail breaking, or using a jail broken device - But I KNOW iTunes.

 

[Matth3w]

I'm at work so I can't check, but when you do that does it only show up under TV shows in iTunes then? So I don't have to scroll past them in movies? And how does it show up on the iPad? Does it create a new folder within Movies or does it just lump them all together anyhow?>

 

[Matth3w]

You are the freaking man!!!

 

[Matth3w]

Ah crap. How do I sync them? They don't show up under the TV Show sync tab

 

[planemechanic]

Under 'Get Info' for the file you will see a media kind choice under options, there you can change it from 'Movie' to 'TV show' to 'Music Video' or other choices.

Thanks! I was trying to figure that out for a while.

 

[Matth3w]

For me to get them to sync I also had to give the "show" a name under the video tab.

 

[Wolffmann34]

It's always a little more work when you are using a Windows computer...

 

[pallentx]

So are the pictures downsized when imported with the camera connection kit? I would actually prefer that they are. I will do any serious processing on the RAW images with my desktop, but if I could transfer to the iPad and upload to Photobucket (also a free app) without a computer, that could be very handy when traveling.

 

[Matth3w]

I don't think so. But Photobucket will auto resize them though.

 

[pallentx]

Yeah, the photobucket resize is easy, but I was more concerned about how much space the pictures would take up on the iPad. I have about 8GB free on my 32GB iPad. I could fill that up pretty quick with full resolution or RAW images.

 

[Matth3w]

Ok I see what you're saying. You can get an app called photogene that will allow you to resize them if you absolutely have to. It will save a duplicate then you could delete the original.

 

[pallentx]

That's not a bad workaround.

 

[Matth3w]

Yeah but it would get annoying to do that to 8GB worth of photos though.

 

[mslammers]

On page 48 of the guide, it says "when syncing photos with iPad, iTunes automatically creates a size optimized for iPad, if necessary." That is clear and it is implied that if you transfer them any way other than syncing, you are on your own.

 

[Matth3w]

You know, I noticed that the optimized size IS indeed much smaller yesterday when I was rearranging things to fit more video on there, so you are 100% correct. My 250mb folder for example ended up being MUCH smaller.