Description
About this item With the Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader, it’s easy to download photos and videos from your digital camera to your iPad so you can view them on the gorgeous Retina display and share them with family and friends. After you insert the SD card into the reader, your iPad automatically opens the Photos app, which organizes your photos into Moments, Collections, and Years. The Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader supports data transfer speeds up to USB 3, standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and MPEG-4. (USB 3 speeds exclusive to iPad Pro. All other iPad models support USB 2 speeds.)
ed shamdas –
4.0 out of 5 stars
no documentation
no documentation
Becky Waldron –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to use
I am a sports photographer. I find this device a much quicker way to get photos onto my iPad than the Wi-Fi feature. So easy to use!
One person found this helpful
Sarah Hyun –
5.0 out of 5 stars
So convenient
Makes it super easy to export photos directly to iphone with lightning cable; no loss of image quality
Nikolas Lozada –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader
I love it. I love all Apple products so I had to buy it.
Kail –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice product/Decent Price
I would recommend this product. It is exactly what i needed. Works great, and quick to transfer images!
Michaela –
5.0 out of 5 stars
MUST HAVE
Makes transferring photos/video from my camera to my phone a BREEZE. Transfers almost instantly. Photos will show up in my apple photos and you select “transfer”idk if I’m missing something but for videos I just take 1 extra step and go into my files to download the videos.One thing I wish I could do is preview and play the video from files but it’s all good. So much faster than uploading to my computer, transferring to drive, etc! Highly recommend this product.
4 people found this helpful
Keith D. –
3.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful
It’s a good little instrument to have in the woods but haven’t figured out why all my ss cards don’t work on it
Ryana –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reliable Adapter
Been using it for a couple of months constantly transferring camera photos to my iPhone & it still works really well. I’ve had no issues with transfers and it works pretty fast too.
One person found this helpful
Edwin Herrera –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really easy and fast to use
The product instantly connects to phone, and downloads the photos within seconds. Love this product
K. Fischer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works Perfectly for Backing up photos to iPad and optionally to Cloud Storage
As many people noted, this item (because its from Apple) works perfectly. I have purchased several cheaper items to accomplish a specific task, and only this one works. What I want to do is take the SD card fro my camera while I am on a trip, and import photos and videos I have taken to my iPad. Here I can look at them, and also back them up to Google Drive. I suppose iCloud would work well too, but Google is much much cheaper for storage rental than Apple. I take the SD card from the camera, insert it into this cord, and the cord into the iPad. Immediately it brings up thumbnails of the photos and videos and prompts you to import them individually, or as a group. I have Google Drive set to backup my iPad photos to the cloud when I am on wifi. So, once they are imported, they are automatically copied to cloud storage. Once I have verified that they are in Google drive using the web interface, I can move them to a separate folder so I can free up storage on my iPad, and even delete them on my camera SD card if it is getting full.One thing I noticed while testing this is that the iPad only finds photos and videos in the “DCIM” folder that 90% of all digital cameras use. If you wanted to manually copy photos from some place to your iPad, you need to put them into the DCIM folder, and you also need to name them something like what your camera names them (like IMG_1234.jpg). I tested with files called “face-shot.jpg” and “star-wars.m4v” and it won’t find them. Rename both these files to “IMG_1234.jpg” and IMGP8015.m4v” and they showed up, and I was able to import them. I guess its looking only for well known file names used by digital cameras. Anyway, as people say in the reviews of the cheaper knock-offs, you get what you pay for.15 minutes after opening this, I had tested all the scenarios I wanted to test. Now I can be sure I am able to save critical travel photos to Google Drive without having to lug my MacBook Pro around with me. I can edit and delete photos using a large screen, while having peace of mind that if my camera gets lost or stolen, that I still have copies of the photos. This works fine with my iPhone6 also, but my iPad has more memory, and you need at least enough memory on the importing device to hold all the photos temporarily.
One person found this helpful
wilsonsmycat –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good purchase!
I have struggled with cameras and computers. This Apple made memory card reader was perfect with my iPhone. No issues what so ever. It did its job! Thank you Apple and Amazon!
One person found this helpful
Mansi Achuthan –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to use!
Wanted to find a faster way to transfer photos from my camera to my iPhone and this works well! I wish they had a way to look at the photos enlarged before I imported them onto my phone, but I just go to my files app to see the images before importing them in the photos app. Overall works great!
2 people found this helpful
Jess –
5.0 out of 5 stars
recommend if you use cameras a lot
no issues! worked really well with my phone to transfer photos from my digital camera. and is also way easier to use then transferring photos from canon app.
KeKe9862 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Reads and writes. Perfect!
My MacBook is turning 8 years old this year and isn’t as spry as it used to be. It also doesn’t have the hard drive space that I need. I had thousands of pictures that I needed off my phone and on to an external drive. Over the course of several days and moving a few hundred from my phone to the SD card at a time, I was able to move a years worth from my phone to an external drive. If I had to estimate, it was between 15-20k pictures and videos that were moved. This device worked perfectly. I’m very happy and will continue to use it. Even when I do decide to buy a new computer, this device will come in handy. It reads and writes perfectly. Also appreciate the overnight shipping from Amazon!
2 people found this helpful
Jan Kellie –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quick
Took it on vacation. It worked really well to transfer all my photos
Enrique BEnrique B –
3.0 out of 5 stars
works if you manually open photo or files app
if you’re like me, you have a love hate relationship with apple. it’s great and brainless when it works, but they do everything they can to keep you tied to the apple vision. that means you can’t download your iphone photos to an sd card – you have to work with the cloud. their vision means you can’t get all the data you need to make an informed decision, and you are sometimes left feeling helpless wondering why you spent a premium on a product that should be really really easy to use, or at least comes with up to date instructions or a link to them. let me explain..the included instructions are for this card reader are outdated. it references ipad only (so simplistically, i might add, that it’s hardly useful – see pic) . i resorted to google and got buried by a history of instructions for various ios levels and generations of iphone. but here’s how i got this thing to work with my iphone, hopefully it will save you some time from googling all the other outdated answers out there. after plugging this thing in and inserting your sd card, an import button should appear on the lower right after you manually open the photo app. hopefully your media files will be detected. if not, and the screen is blank like in the pic, try opening the FILES app and hopefully you will find your data there. then view and save as you see fit (haven’t gotten that far yet, i’m just glad i can see the images at all right now). if that doesn’t work, return it, the frustration is not worth the time or extra expense.i’m giving this thing 3 stars because of the lack of valid instructions and the poor marketing detail that got me to this point – my guess is that apple generated photos and video would show up under the photo app – all other photo video file formats have to be obtained via the files app. . do they mention this? no. do they tell you what file types are supported? no. when you plug it in and nothing happens, you’re just left wondering if you got a bad device. and then you spend half an hour or more trying to find a solution that works for you. great. i spent 25 bucks for this?SPECS: iphone 7 running ios 13.3.1, sandisk sdxc extreme 128gb card, photos in jpeg and videos in mp4 from campark trail camera .
13 people found this helpful
tabiedawn –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
I love this. It takes seconds to put pics from a card to my phone
Ashley Drews –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Handy
I love this product. I bought a camera for my birthday last year, and I haven’t had a way to transfer pictures to my phone or iPad to upload and edit, or even print out (I don’t have a computer and my laptop doesn’t take a normal sized SD card). With this, my pictures get uploaded super fast onto either my phone or my iPad! Just make sure you have somewhere safe to put it so you don’t lose it!
3 people found this helpful
Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to use
Exactly what I was looking for and easy to use.
Edwin R Harper-Ayala –
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute necessity!
For whatever reason my Canon G7X Mark II will no longer connect to my iPhone making it impossible to transfer much needed pictures to my photo app–though, admittedly, the Canon app has gotten some very disappointing reviews. While watching a video Roman Fox posted on You Tube Mr Fox shared the essentials he packs in his gear bag when location shooting and this Apple Lightning to SD card reader was part of his package. I was very skeptical because last year I’d shelled out money for a similar device that made the same promise and after failing repeated attempts of connecting the device from phone to camera I wound up throwing it away out of disgust and disappointment. But the reader arrived today and I cannot believe how easy and efficiently it works especially after viewing the customer videos attached. The most thorough video posted was the one that runs approximately ten minutes as the presenter gives you a step by step process for downloading both stills and videos.A much needed device that works efficiently and successfully.
Richard –
2.0 out of 5 stars
It’s slow and fussy
It’s rare that an Apple product disappoints me as much as this one. I expected to be able to plug in the card reader, select the photos I wanted, and tell iOS to put a copy of them on the SD card.I spent 8-10 hours on what I expected to be a 10-20 min task. I tried to use it to move about 5000 photos off my iPhone 12 mini to an SD card. I spent 6 hours on the process using only iPhone and this card reader and it still wasn’t completed. Sometimes it would fail part way through the transfer and if you started again you’d have duplicate files. There was no progress indicator of the transfer process after you pressed the “save” button on iPhone (pic 1 of N transferred). After it moved the files, I realized it had failed to keep the original dates on all the files and had made new dates as of the time of the transfer. I wanted the original create dates preserved. There was a confusing option to “preserve metadata” that a found after the first transfer and I’m not sure if that did anything, it did not save the original dates. Once the card had 1000+ photos on it, using the iPhone was considerably slower as it tried to generate thumbnails.After reviewing Apple support forums on the above issues, I ended up connecting the phone to a Mac Laptop, and using the photos app. There I could import pics and videos into the MacOS photos app, and then drag and drop them to a finder window for the SD card reader on the laptop. That was much faster to export files (about 1000 pics/min) on a MacBook Pro.I think it actually would probably have been faster and easier to not use the Apple ecosystem at all for this task, hook the iPhone to a Windows PC and just drag the files I wanted from the iPhone to the SD card…
3 people found this helpful
E –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
Super convenient and quick to plug into my phone and upload pics straight from the SD card. Much easier than dealing with a buggy wifi app to transfer. Would recommend!
One person found this helpful
BriBear –
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best
I bought a cheapo one prior to this but it didn’t last. This one’s been beat up in my pocket, backpack, etc. Still runs like new.
Kay –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Must have
This is must have for content creators. I just hate it cost so much
anthony l allen –
4.0 out of 5 stars
very good products
approved
Noah Floyd –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works well
I used this to check trail cameras. Been using the past few years and still works great.
2 people found this helpful
rachel –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST HAVE!!
if you have a camera this is a must buy! i take it everywhere with me. i never have to bring my laptop with me anymore to transfer photos from my sd to my laptop to my phone. this just inserts right into your phone and uploads the photos right to your camera roll!
2 people found this helpful
GJ –
5.0 out of 5 stars
So easy to use!
Glad I purchased this! I sometimes use images and videos from my older model camera that does not connect to wifi or bluetooth and is unable to connect to my ipad air. I simply use the Apple Lightening to SD Card Camera Reader to send my videos to my ipad to edit there when I wish. The process is easy like 1-2-3. I have had this for over two years and it functions and looks like new.
3 people found this helpful
Dedo –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works good
Got it for our trail cam. Works well
BayBuzzard –
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Handy Interface
While many modern cameras offer various types of smartphone or tablet wireless interfaces, if you want to retain RAW file images to allow mobile editing into Lightroom or PS, this is the ticket for an Apple user. Large files take some processing time and transfers aren’t immediate but the dongle is small and portable and transfers can be made right from the SD card without firing up the camera. This was very convenient when I had burned through all my camera batteries but wanted to transfer photos to my iPad on the plane ride coming back from a shoot.
One person found this helpful
LSF –
5.0 out of 5 stars
WORKS UP TO AND INCLUDING iOS 15 (read for fixes to multiple issues)
My camera doesn’t have wireless capability and I needed a way to transfer shots to my phone for sharing on the fly. This was a good solution, plus it lets me use the phone for OTG storage/backup as well. It also gives you an external storage option if the phone is full. Works like a charm.**What follows is a very long, but hopefully useful, PSA that began as a way to address older reviews here complaining about issues that may no longer apply. If you’re experiencing any of the issues listed below, may I suggest exploring the procedures and notes outlined for them, and/or making use of the Internet by doing your own research. Perhaps this will clear up a few recurring misconceptions as well.For reference, none of these problems were present with my setup as of Jan. 2020 – iPhone 11 Pro running iOS 13.3.UPDATE Oct. 2021: Currently working with iOS 15. I can also verify that this works with iPad 7th Gen.• Complaint: iOS 13 will not read the card.• Status: If this was true at the time of release, I guess the updates have taken care of it. I bought this after iOS 13 came out, and it has never not worked. Fully functional in both directions for me. The Photos app doesn’t open automatically when you plug the card in, if that’s the issue you’re having. You have to open the app. The Import icon will appear in the bottom right corner, which may take several minutes while the phone reads the card if there are many large files. Same goes for selecting/importing – you may have to wait for the phone to read them all before you can proceed. If the icon doesn’t appear at all for some reason, see the workaround below for importing via the Files app.• Complaint: Transferring decreases file size.• Status: Same as above, not true with my setup. So far, I have used both the Photos app and the Files app (depending on the file) to transfer .CR2 (Canon raw), .jpg, .jpeg, .heic, .png, .gif, .rtf, .pdf, .pages, .txt, .m4a, .wav, .mp4 and .mp3 files in both directions with absolutely no degradation, processing or alteration of any file. All perfect, verbatim copies. That’s actually what one should expect, as there is no software in this adapter. It’s just a card reader – a wire with connections – and all that should happen is that the file gets copied to a new location. If this is an issue, the problem has to be in your settings somewhere. This is a guess, but maybe try Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC, and if Automatic is selected, change it to Keep Originals.• Complaint: Can’t transfer files from iPhone to card.• Status: False. Again, works in both directions. I am aware that this contradicts what it says on the Apple support page – welcome to the Internet – but I do this all the time. Here’s how: Select a photo or photos to be exported. Hit the Share icon, scroll down and select Save to Files to pull up the locations browser. Select the card or a folder on the card, or even create a new folder in that location by long-pressing the folder or hitting the folder+ icon at the top, give it a name and then select that new folder. Hit Save and wait for the transfer to finish. Voilà.Note: If you haven’t explored the locations browser of the Files app, it might become apparent by its structure that Files is essentially the iOS version of Finder on a Mac. The On My iPhone/iPad section is where, if you wanted to, you can save, access and use files on your device independent of an app’s library.• Complaint: iPhone forces you to import to Camera Roll and not a specific album.• Status: Again, false. There is an “Import to:” option just above the thumbnails on the Import screen. You can either select an album you created in Photos beforehand, or create and name a new album right from the Import screen. The Camera Roll does display all photos from all albums, but you can manage all photos you’ve categorized into albums from their particular albums, as well as add or remove albums as you see fit.Caution: removing an album does not delete its photos. An album is nothing more than a virtual “container” for categorizing the photos within the Camera Roll. If you’re done with an album and want to get rid of it AND its photos, it would be most efficient, not to mention wise, to delete the photos while they’re in the album first and THEN dump the album. Otherwise, you’ll have to delete them by picking them out in the Camera Roll, wherein lies the way of tedium and self-recrimination.Also note that if you want to reclaim the storage space the deleted photos occupy, you’ll then need to delete them from the Recently Deleted folder.• Complaint: You have to import all the photos from the card.• Status: And false again. The importer gives you the option either to select/deselect all photos on the card, or to manually select as few or as many individual photos as you like. The importer also gives you the option to keep or delete the photos on the card after the import is complete.• Complaint: Will not import computer-edited photos.• Status: False, with conditions. See Photos app notes just below.NOTES ON IMPORTING TO PHOTOS APP (including computer-edited photos):According to Apple, “Apple camera adapters can import only content that was captured by digital cameras.” Just as with the contention that you can’t export to the card, this is demonstrably false. To date, I’ve successfully imported these file types (photo and video) from an SD card into the Photos app: .CR2, .jpg, .heic, .png, .gif, and .mp4. My Canon only creates .CR2 and .jpg, and my iPhone does .heic, so what about the other three, which I loaded to the card from my computer even after editing with Photoshop? Well, despite what Apple says, Photos can import any compatible image file from the card, and will do so as long as the following two conditions are met:1. The file must be located on the card in the correctly labeled image folder, and within the properly structured folder tree, as follows: [card] > DCIM > [image folder]. The camera creates this structure when it formats the card. I suggest double-checking the card out of your camera, but with mine (Canon 5D Mark III), the stock path is: EOS_DIGITAL > DCIM > 100EOS5D. Additional folders sequence as 101EOS5D, 102EOS5D, etc. So, you just duplicate that structure if you create the folders manually. Note that the card can have any name you want, but the DCIM folder must be top level, and the image folder(s) within DCIM must follow the naming convention of 3 numbers (the first number cannot be zero) followed by any combination of 5 alpha-numeric and/or underscore characters, no spaces, not case-sensitive (i.e. 123ABCDE, 300AB_XY, 567_bcde, etc.). Photos will find, and look in, any subfolder or multiple subfolders of DCIM whose name follows that format, as long as it doesn’t begin with a zero.2. The format of the file name must also follow that of digital cameras: 3 alpha-numeric or underscore characters (again, any combination, not case-sensitive, no spaces), followed by an underscore, followed by 4 numbers in any combination (i.e. IMG_1234.CR2, _mg_0001.jpg, B_1_1234.png, etc.). Note that for JPEGs, Photos requires the file extension “.jpg”, and will not read “.jpeg”.• Naturally, you can create the folder structure and/or rename files on the card as you normally would using Finder on a Mac or Windows Explorer on a PC, but you can also do it with the Files app on your device just like you would in Finder. Note that, unlike in Finder, you can’t rename extensions with Files. Although, you can still view the full filename with the extension (along with camera and lens metadata if available) by long-pressing the file and clicking Info in the pop-up menu. Additionally, when using Files to rename a file on the card, you might then need to pull the card and reinsert it for Photos to see it or import it.• IMPORT WORKAROUND USING FILES: Because Files in iOS is basically the same interface with the card as Finder would be on a Mac, if Photos won’t recognize image files on the card despite confirming the above, you can import the images straight into Files instead. Open the Files app and navigate to the card from the Browse page (folder icon in the bottom right corner). Follow the path through the DCIM folder into your image folder(s) as outlined above. Click the circled ellipsis icon in the top right corner, hit Select from the dropdown menu, and either select the desired photos or hit Select All at the top left. As mentioned earlier, note that it may take several minutes for the phone to read multiple large files.At this point, you should have 2 options:*1. Import into Photos: Hit the Share icon on the task bar (bottom left corner) and select Save Image from the Actions menu (Save [X] Images if multiple selected). The images will then appear in Photos Camera Roll and you can manage them as desired.2. Import into Files: Hit the Folder icon in the middle of the task bar at the bottom to bring up the locations browser. You’ll be saving under On My iPhone (or iPad), which is basically the user library section. Select the desired location just as you would in Finder, and hit Copy at the top right corner to save the photos there. To create and name a new folder to save in, either long-press the parent location and select New Folder when it pops up, or hit the folder+ icon at the top right next to Copy. You could keep them in Files for viewing or sharing, of course, but if you want to organize or edit them in Photos, you can then select them from there and Import them into Photos as outlined in the previous point above.*For importing a single image, you can also long-press the file to bring up an actions menu that includes the same options.• Another use for that workaround: Photos will recognize, import and export JPEG or raw files when shot separately, but if you shoot in “RAW+JPEG” camera setting and then import them with Photos, I’ve found that Photos will only export the JPEG copy of the pair. I don’t yet know why it does that or if there’s a way around this limitation, but I do know that it’s problematic if you plan on accessing/transferring out your raws afterwards. However, Files will allow you to import RAW+JPEG images from the card as the individual files that they are, and then manage them separately in Photos after saving them in Files as outlined above. You could also avoid the issue by recording raw files on one card and jpeg on another if your camera has dual SD slots, but I don’t have that option.NOTES ON IMPORTING/EXPORTING USING THE FILES APP:• When saving to Photos via the Files app, the only option Files gives you is to import to the Camera Roll rather than directly into a particular album. You then can sort them into Photos albums as usual, but it is an extra step.• Unlike Photos, Files will recognize the .jpeg extension, and Photos will subsequently display .jpeg files when saved from Files. (see Photos import condition 2 above)• Also unlike Photos, Files does not require any naming or folder location conventions. You can locate all compatible files and folders on the card similar to the way Finder or Windows Explorer does. Note that (at least from what I can tell) this applies only to the card – other than what’s in Files itself, you can’t use Files to access the device’s internal storage.• Exporting files to the card from On My iPhone in the Files app is a slight variation on the import process. Use the same steps for file selection (individual or multiple). You then have a few options:1. Long-pressing an individual file will bring up the actions menu. You then either:* Hit Copy, go to Browse, navigate to the location of your choosing on the card, long-press in the field and hit Paste. (hitting Share this time will give you Copy, plus other options not related to the SD card, so it’s an unnecessary extra step.)* Or, hit Move to bring up the locations browser and, hitting the folder icon in the middle of the task bar at the bottom, follow option 2 of the Import to Files workaround outlined earlier, only this time navigating to your choice of location on the card.2. Use the circled ellipsis for selecting single or multiple files, then either:* Hit Share, then Copy, Browse and navigate to the location of your choosing on the card, long-press in the field and hit Paste from the pop-up menu and wait for the transfer to complete.* As with the Move selection in option 1 above, hit the folder icon in the middle of the task bar at the bottom, follow option 2 of the Import to Files workaround.• In addition, you can export a complete folder, or multiple folders, with a slight alteration. Either 1) long-press on the folder and hit Copy from the Actions menu, or 2) hit the circled ellipsis icon in the top right corner to open the dropdown menu, hit Select, pick the folders you want, hit the Share icon and hit Copy from the Actions menu. Once copied using either of those two methods, go back to Browse and select the card. Navigate to where you want the transfer to go, and long-press on any blank spot in that field. Hit Paste from the pop-up menu and wait for the transfer to complete.• Note that long-pressing on an item instead of the blank field will bring up an Actions menu for that item, and will not offer the option to paste your copied folder or files.• It may not be as elegant as an Android device with an onboard MicroSD card, but it should be evident that this is a way to expand iPhone’s fixed storage capacity for any file types that are usable with iOS apps, regardless of whether or not they have anything to do with a camera.KEY CONCEPTS:• An SD card is the just another form of external storage media. It’s essentially a solid-state external hard drive.• A card reader is nothing more than a way for your device to interface with the card, in the same way a USB cable connects a computer to a hard drive.• In his 2007 introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs said that it was desktop-class applications and networking in a mobile device – meaning, literally, that it’s a hand-held personal computer. With that in mind, as alluded to earlier, think of Files as Finder but scaled down for iOS.
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Rafaella –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great tool for a content creator
The Apple SD Card Reader is an absolute game-changer for photographers and content creators like us. It’s incredibly convenient and reliable when it comes to transferring photos and videos from an SD card to your Apple device.The reader’s lightning-fast transfer speeds ensure that you can quickly import and access your media files without any hassle. Plus, its compact and portable design makes it easy to carry around, whether you’re on a professional shoot or simply enjoying a vacation.What I love most about the Apple SD Card Reader is its seamless integration with Apple’s ecosystem. It effortlessly connects to your iPhone or iPad, allowing you to view and edit your photos and videos directly on your device. This convenience saves time and makes the entire editing process much more efficient.Overall, the Apple SD Card Reader is a must-have accessory for any Apple user who frequently works with SD cards. Its reliability, speed, and compatibility with the Apple ecosystem make it a fantastic choice. I highly recommend giving it a try!
divino –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn’t pick up my micro sd card no more
I have a sonyhandycam and use a tapeless set up that requires a micro sd card and it used to go through with this adapter but only in files and sometimes it would bug out and not read, now it doesn’t read at all, idk what to do I bought a new micro sd thinking that’s the problem it wasn’t then I bought another one of these adapters and it wasn’t the problem it just doesn’t read on the iPhone no more idk, but a regular sd card does get picked up just not the micro sd
Joseph –
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute must have for photographers with Iphone
I recently upgraded from shooting photos and videos with my phone to a real, honest, camera. At first I was using the native Sony app to connect and download images but that was taking too long and the quality wasn’t always there. I got this dongle for ease of use if I take a good picture that I want someone to have right then or I want to post to social media and it will 100% be staying in my camera bag from now on. It’s fast and reliable and the card pops right up in the files app and you are able to navigate as you would on a computer. To save an image or video simply push the “share” icon and then “save image/video” and it saves it to your phone with all the metadata from the camera still on it so it’ll time stamp it too so it’s easier to find when looking back at photos.
Lin –
5.0 out of 5 stars
great adapter!
Works great, my only complaint is that it didn’t automatically show the photos once the adapter was plugged into my phone (14 pro) and ipad (9th gen), so I assumed it wasn’t working. After some research it says the adapter isn’t compatible with IOS 16 and newer, but all you have to do is open the files app and look for the folder it creates! Mine had the name of the camera I use.
One person found this helpful
Chloe –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exactly what I needed!
Having that older version iPhone it was really hard to find the right SD card reader, until I looked on Amazon!My husband and I have trail cameras on our hunting land that we check regularly so having a fast and easy way to connect them to our phones without a fail was essential to us!Aside from that I get a lot of use out of my digital camera, and it is much easier to just download pictures straight from my cameras card directly to my phone in a matter of seconds!We’ve tried other SD card readers and all of them have lasted a matter of months, for the price point and better connection directly to our phones, we’re glad we finally decided to buy these!
One person found this helpful
Clasvi –
4.0 out of 5 stars
works well and easy
I bought this apple SD card reader because of my sons having problems with the cheap china-made after market junk. I have used this 12-18 times without any problems. I deducted a star because of price.
JNG –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great way to download pics to iphone
I needed a way to be able to view pics from my game camera to my iPhone. This is a perfect solution. I showed it to my nephew & he shared with his friends so they bought one also. Great if you have a camera that uses an SD card. Also reasonably priced. Couldn’t be any happier with my purchase!
Alex sullivan –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Game changer for photographers!
The Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader is an invaluable accessory for anyone who wants to transfer photos and videos from their camera’s SD card directly to their iOS device. Here’s why I find it exceptional:1. **Seamless Integration:** This reader is designed by Apple, ensuring seamless compatibility with iPhones and iPads. Plug it in, and it works effortlessly.2. **Speedy Transfers:** It’s impressively fast at transferring files, whether you’re dealing with high-resolution images or Full HD videos. This makes it perfect for on-the-go photographers and videographers.3. **No App Required:** Unlike some third-party solutions, this reader doesn’t require a separate app for file transfers. It integrates directly with the Photos app on your iOS device.4. **Compact and Portable:** Its small size and lack of cables make it easy to carry in your camera bag, ensuring you can offload files while on a shoot.5. **Reliable Quality:** Being an Apple product, you can count on its build quality and durability.In summary, the Apple Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader is a must-have accessory for photographers and videographers using iOS devices. It simplifies the process of transferring and managing media files, making it an essential tool for creative professionals.
8 people found this helpful
Rick –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works perfect
Game camera
M. Pio –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just buy it
Seriously. If, like me, you don’t always take photographs that need to be fully edited on a laptop, but quickly touched up on the go before posting…this is the game changer. I was transferring photos from my DSLR to my phone via the Wi-Fi connection and this is EASILY 10x faster.
2 people found this helpful
Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best card reader!
Best trail cam card reader I have ever used. Very fast and super convenient uploads directly to photos instead of an app.
2 people found this helpful
Jason –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works good so far
Works good do far. Had it a couple weeks. The off brand version just wuit. We will see about this one
angela wagoner –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for what I need, easy to use!
I’m a photographer and not the most tech-savvy, but this product is perfect. It’s never been so easy to transfer pictures from my camera onto my phone! I’m absolutely chuffed with this purchase.
2 people found this helpful
Emily May Odell –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
Excellent quality and working wonderfully when using to view pictures from my camera to my iPhone
One person found this helpful
Howard Hottinger –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good for photo editing on the go
I bought this to transfer raw images from my camera to my iPad for photoshop. It worked flawlessly. It’s made by Apple so there is no setup or installation needed, it just works!
2 people found this helpful
Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
Both my daughters bought these. They upload the photos from their digital camera and it loads right onto their iphone. They use this item a lot.
Amazonaddict –
5.0 out of 5 stars
As described
Works as advertised
ak317 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must Need Product for DSLR Photographers
This product is perfect for people who use a digital camera with a SD card and want to transfer their photos to their iPhone or iPad. All you need to do is insert the SD card into the adapter’s slot, and plug the adapter into your iPhone or iPad. Afterwards, open the photos app and tap the import button on the bottom row. It will show you all your photos on the card and you can download all of them to your device or select the ones you want. I use a 16.2 million megapixel DSLR camera and they show up on my phone in maximum resolution; no reduction in quality.This product is made for people who love using their DSLR and want to quickly share their photos from the SD card to your email, and social media. I remember taking photos for a special event and was asked by the publications department to send it to them as soon as possible, but I didn’t have this Apple device to do it, so it was at least a few hours until I could send it to them from my office computer.It’s also a helpful alternative to using a computer to upload or backup your photos to a cloud storage service.
One person found this helpful
Rye –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works and arrived on time.
Use this for scope camera images to transfer it into customer profiles. Photos arent great quality but i hoghly suspect thats the micro sd card to sd card quality.
BT44 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A card reader, that actually works!!!
I have tried several other card readers most of which their advertising was unclear as to whether it would work with my phone. Most did not and those that did were not consistent with what cards they would read or when they would work. I have had this card reader going on my third hunting season. It has worked flawlessly, Price was great I would highly recommend this product.
Chris Patterson –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ease of use, you can check the SD card when in the woods.
It’s quick and reliable versus the other knock offs!
WenbinWenbin –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Read! My comprehensive test about speed and compatibility issues!
I tested 3 cards on this Apple Lightning SD Card Camera Reader (A1595, 2019 version):SanDisk 128GB, SanDisk 400GB (2017), Samsung Pro Plus 512GB (2023)Compatibility:It won’t recognize the 400GB one, but can recognize the other two. Although some mentioned that it won’t work for a SD card larger than 256GB, my conclusion is different, it will at least work for Samsung Pro Plus 512GB (2023).Anyway, It is still better than the other USB adapters, the apple USB adapter even requires external power to work. For that one, You will need to bring a power bank and a powered USB hub to read a card outdoor. And the adapter still has the same compatibility issues in my test.Speed:It is faster (44R/32W) than GNASEET USB Reader (34R/17W). While it is only 25% of the speed that is tested on a PC.Heat:It didn’t build up heat during the test.Overall it is great! I give it 4 stars for the compatibility issues. Maybe I should blame iphone or iOS.
4 people found this helpful
Lois Gordon –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great with my iPad
Love this Apple lightning cord for my iPad for my game camera SD card, which makes it easy to access the videos and photos on the SD card.
Suzanne –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn’t always work
iPads and iPhones are rather picky about reading Sd cards
Evante Prosper –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Favorite
This is by far one of my favorite products for photography, I always have it on me because it’s easy to use with any SD Card and it makes editing on the go easy. I’m able to edit off of any Apple device at any time so I love this product.
Kalli Poole –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing!
Works amazing!
Carla –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works well
It works with ipad where others have failed.
Cat –
5.0 out of 5 stars
It works perfectly
Easy to use. I used to have to transfer my photo to my laptop and then to my phone. It took so much time. Not anymore.
One person found this helpful
Kelley May –
5.0 out of 5 stars
EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS
Functions great! Love it!