Continuing our series of favorite tech purchases from 2010, I can't imagine living without Apple's iPad Camera Connector Kit. The $29.95 accessory is a terrific tool for before any important photo shoot. It offers a way to take a quick check before you get started, to see things that just aren't very visible on a camera's 3-inch LCD screen.
In the analog days, photo shoots started with Polaroids, to make sure the lighting was right and nothing was distracting in the background.
Now, you set up everything, and do a quick test shot. Then you import the card into the iPad and examine everything on the beautiful 10-inch screen of the iPad. Everything moves rather quickly--the photos go directly into the Photos app of the iPad, and you choose whether to import all the images from your card, or just a representative sample.
There are two connectors available--one has an SD slot, the other a USB interface to connect with your digital camera's USB slot and a USB cable. Most folks will opt for the SD connector, since it drops the step of the wire, but that doesn't work for those who use professional level cameras like the Canon 5D Mark II or Nikon D700, which work with Compact Flash memory cards. (I got around this recently by setting up the shot, and using an old Canon Rebel T1i--which uses SD cards--for the test shot. Then I switched to the 5D.)
Instead of the camera connector kit, there are other ways to check your shot at a shoot. You could shoot "tethered" into a laptop, having the camera connected via USB directly, and see your picture in software like Adobe's Lightroom. But who wants to be wired? You could also slip out the card, and insert into the laptop, and then pass the computer around.
But let's face it--most folks would rather be looking at an iPad. At least until the next ultra-cool gadget comes around.
By Jefferson Graham
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