How do I get around - No filenames to describe the photo?

[dlathem]

piggie

Changing the date or time stamp does not work. if you carefully recheck my post you will see I had a sequence of images shot at 10 frames per second of a golf swing. When synced this obvious sequence was randomized. All of the images were already in ascending file name order, date and time order. No other software I have will randomize this same sequence.

I could try the SD connector kit, but I fear to use the device as the first time I used it to transfer just shot images to my ipad to show to a client the ipad KILLED a 16GB SDHC card! Apple says there is nothing wrong with the ipad or the connector kit, but I don't trust the kit as it has killed a card that cost twice as much as the connector kit.

Needless to say I am not impressed with the photo side of this device and I am looking for something that will actually be useful for photos.

 

[Piggie]

piggie

Changing the date or time stamp does not work. if you carefully recheck my post you will see I had a sequence of images shot at 10 frames per second of a golf swing. When synced this obvious sequence was randomized. All of the images were already in ascending file name order, date and time order. No other software I have will randomize this same sequence.

I could try the SD connector kit, but I fear to use the device as the first time I used it to transfer just shot images to my ipad to show to a client the ipad KILLED a 16GB SDHC card! Apple says there is nothing wrong with the ipad or the connector kit, but I don't trust the kit as it has killed a card that cost twice as much as the connector kit.

Needless to say I am not impressed with the photo side of this device and I am looking for something that will actually be useful for photos.

Trust me. The date order will sort your pics. I have done exactly this as an experiment

Try changing the date by 1 day on each of those photos. You need to change the day the photo was taken, quite easy in windows 7.

As I say I have done exactly this as a test and it worked. I'm not sure how it works with files that are perhaps all the same date and time ad your sequence may be. As I said try spreading the dates out. Yes I know it's a pain in the arse.

 

[dlathem]

Thanks for your suggesstion but it is just not practical for the thousands of images I need to store on my ipad. I have changed dates, times and file names as a test and I still get random photos.

I would think that Apple would want the ipad to be useful. This is no way to get PC users to switch over. I will just use the ipad as an expensive news reader until someone comes out with something that actually works with photos.

Even as I type this I have to be careful not to write too much as the virtual keyboard on my ipad has no navigation keys and I cannot even scroll back up in this window to make edits.

 

[feelfree2spam]

I would think that Apple would want the ipad to be useful.

it is useful, just not standard computer useful. I got my iPad fully aware its weakness, but its strength in mobility and convenience is really what I am going for. I am about to travel international without my alienware, and planning to use the iPad as my photo back up.

Obviously with the storage limits, there isn't any way to back up all the photos. So I have researched workarounds, and here is my approach...

I use the camera kit to import all photos, and keep the photos on the sd cards as another back up (with raw). I preview the photos thru the native photo app, and decide the worthy ones for some basic editing thru photogene. For the ones I have edited (or with potentials), I then import them into goodreader, organize them into a specified folder name, and then zip that folder up. Finally I FTP them thru goodreader again to my web server (or dropbox) as 1 package instead of doing that for each.

When the ones I want to keep are properly backed up, I deleted the photos from imported folder in the native iPad photo app, so I have free up more space for new photos. I would only keep the ones absolutely worthy for show and tell on the device.

Definitely more steps than my pc, but it's still more convenient for traveling - especially thru the check points. Hope this helps you, because it took me about half year of reading before I bought the iPad and integrate into my toolset.

 

[Night Spring]

Even as I type this I have to be careful not to write too much as the virtual keyboard on my ipad has no navigation keys and I cannot even scroll back up in this window to make edits.

To scroll inside a text window, use two fingers to swipe inside the window.

 

[abriwin]

the 4.2 update screws things up.

I thought I had already replied to this thread but maybe it's elswhere so my apologies if you have read this already.

The previous iOS imported all my photos from my SD cards and the events had the date they were taken. I had 1500+ images from a holiday in Japan all nicely sorted by date so I knew which images related to which date.

Then I mistakenly updated the iOS to 4.2 which promptly stripped out all the useful dates and replaced them with useless numbers which don't relate to anything eg. 101IMPRT, 102IMPRT, 109IMPRT, now what use is that.

Bad testing Apple, an update and a retrograde step. Get it sorted pronto.

 

[Piggie]

I thought I had already replied to this thread but maybe it's elswhere so my apologies if you have read this already.

The previous iOS imported all my photos from my SD cards and the events had the date they were taken. I had 1500+ images from a holiday in Japan all nicely sorted by date so I knew which images related to which date.

Then I mistakenly updated the iOS to 4.2 which promptly stripped out all the useful dates and replaced them with useless numbers which don't relate to anything eg. 101IMPRT, 102IMPRT, 109IMPRT, now what use is that.

Bad testing Apple, an update and a retrograde step. Get it sorted pronto.

Ouch.

I need to ask, how do you know it's replaced the dates?

Once in the iPad all this info is hidden from you isn't it.

 

[Piggie]

I'd still like to hear from a Mac user who has a reasonably large iPhoto collection and sync's it to their iPad.

Mostly those who make sub folders.

I read that in iPhoto you have the Places, Dates and Albums.
You can also many new folders in albums, or new albums in folders (not sure which was round it is) using the drop down menu's at the top.

I'm wondering if you do this, (have say 10 albums, and have say 3 folders in each album as an example) what happens to al of this structure when you sync your pictures with the iPad?

I'm really struggling to work out how this works together.

 

[dlathem]

To scroll inside a text window, use two fingers to swipe inside the window.

Thanks....that worked!

 

[dlathem]

it is useful, just not standard computer useful. I got my iPad fully aware its weakness, but its strength in mobility and convenience is really what I am going for. I am about to travel international without my alienware, and planning to use the iPad as my photo back up.

Obviously with the storage limits, there isn't any way to back up all the photos. So I have researched workarounds, and here is my approach...

I use the camera kit to import all photos, and keep the photos on the sd cards as another back up (with raw). I preview the photos thru the native photo app, and decide the worthy ones for some basic editing thru photogene. For the ones I have edited (or with potentials), I then import them into goodreader, organize them into a specified folder name, and then zip that folder up. Finally I FTP them thru goodreader again to my web server (or dropbox) as 1 package instead of doing that for each.

When the ones I want to keep are properly backed up, I deleted the photos from imported folder in the native iPad photo app, so I have free up more space for new photos. I would only keep the ones absolutely worthy for show and tell on the device.

Definitely more steps than my pc, but it's still more convenient for traveling - especially thru the check points. Hope this helps you, because it took me about half year of reading before I bought the iPad and integrate into my toolset.

I use the NEXTO Ultimate to store photos while traveling. I also shoot RAW so I do not edit until I return. The NEXTO stores 250GB so I gave lots of room.

I believed the ipad to have great potential for photo work, but Apple just did not equip it to do the job. Not even for a simple electronic portfolio. They could have, but did not. I will be looking for something else.

Since the card connector on my ipad has, on the first use, killed a 16GB SDHC card I do not trust it and will not use it. The NEXTO has never failed me in 3 years of heavy use.