Using a tablet to sort photos

[Robert S]

Eldest daughter gave me an old iPad Air 2. Took me all yesterday to sort the thing out. Anyway now I can copy images from camera [ R7 ] to it by Bluetooth. Will come in handy when I go on holiday.
Does anyone else do that?

 

[Abinoone]

This has been discussed in several other previous posts - you might want to check them out here https://bcgforums.com/index.php?threads/backup-without-a-computer.20952/#post-236890.

Good luck!

 

[Ralph]

Eldest daughter gave me an old iPad Air 2. Took me all yesterday to sort the thing out. Anyway now I can copy images from camera [ R7 ] to it by Bluetooth. Will come in handy when I go on holiday.
Does anyone else do that?

That’s how I do it. I load them onto my ipad from the card and then process and sort using my I pad. I process using the Apple Photo app and if I need to do any heavy lifting I then use Affinity Photo. The ones I want to share or print I mark as a favorite.

 

[Robert S]

This has been discussed in several other previous posts - you might want to check them out here https://bcgforums.com/index.php?threads/backup-without-a-computer.20952/#post-236890.

Good luck!

Thanks. I would use the iPad to check which ones I want to keep and which to discard. I don't take that many photos so all being well the two cards in the camera should be enough until I get back to use the desktop.

 

[Robert S]

That’s how I do it. I load them onto my ipad from the card and then process and sort using my I pad. I process using the Apple Photo app and if I need to do any heavy lifting I then use Affinity Photo. The ones I want to share or print I mark as a favorite.

Thanks Ralph, I will not process on the iPad just sort .

 

[Ralph]

Thanks Ralph, I will not process on the iPad just sort .

If you plan on transferring to computer to process you have to do it a certain way or you will not be getting raw files on the computer, they will be converted to JPEG.

 

[Robert S]

If you plan on transferring to computer to process you have to do it a certain way or you will not be getting raw files on the computer, they will be converted to JPEG.

I would transfer from the camera to my desktop when I get home. With two 125G cards I should be ok. BTW I assume that if I delete unwanted files from the camera cards the space can be used again. If not it sort of defeats the purpose.

 

[Patrick M]

I copy to my iPad but I use a cable as WiFi for raw files is just very slow. From the iPad I then copy to a Sandisc SSD … giving me an extra backup.
I also use Affininty Photo on both iPad and Mac, but one needs to be careful….edited raw files on an iPad copy as jpeg … make sure you do have raw backups just in case.

 

[Robert S]

I copy to my iPad but I use a cable as WiFi for raw files is just very slow. From the iPad I then copy to a Sandisc SSD … giving me an extra backup.
I also use Affininty Photo on both iPad and Mac, but one needs to be careful….edited raw files on an iPad copy as jpeg … make sure you do have raw backups just in case.

Thanks Patrick. It seems my best bet is to view the photos on the iPad as jpeg and wait till I get back to download them on my desktop using EOS Utility and Digital Photo Professional.
Am I right in thinking that I can remove the cards from the camera when they are full and replace them with fresh cards, putting the full cards back in the camera when I get home to download them?

 

[Ralph]

Thanks Patrick. It seems my best bet is to view the photos on the iPad as jpeg and wait till I get back to download them on my desktop using EOS Utility and Digital Photo Professional.
Am I right in thinking that I can remove the cards from the camera when they are full and replace them with fresh cards, putting the full cards back in the camera when I get home to download them?

Absolutely. That is actually another layer of backup.

 

[Robert S]

Thanks Ralph. Seems I am all sorted.