iPod Camera Connector Photo

[gmed]

Cool, hope youre right about the rumor.

 

[ibjoshua]

I think it's more than a software issue.

When the iPod photo first came out months ago, there were (of course) a number of threads on it running here at MR. In one of them a spokesman from a third party company was taking about licensing some components to Apple.

It could well be that this download option utilizes BOTH a special component on the circuit board and a special component inside the iPod Camera Connector.

So you think it's doing more than the Belkin widget?

i_b_joshua

 

[CalfCanuck]

Well, first off, i'm the type of pro who doesn't believe in using 4gb cards! So i'd transfer smaller cards and use my D2x or D100 while the D2h downloads, and vice versa.

I'm the same - use lots of cards for redundancy. If I spent years switching rolls of film after 36 exposures, I figure I can switch out a 512 MB or 1 GB card (though I just bought my first 2GB Extreme II card).

But transferring files off four 512MB cards is just as slow as one 2 GB - the Belkin unit just doesn't cut it. It's as slow as my old Mindstor unit from 2001, which I felt bordered on being unusable.

I really think this connector will solve the needs of pros/pro-sumers using cameras with FW / USB 2.0 links.

I echo those who say that RAW is a minor matter. Too many customized file formats (I've had all of the Canon EOS pro-sumer digital bodies - the D60, D30, 10D and 20D) and even within that lineup it's a mess for RAW.

My key criteria for a field backup unit are:

1. transfer speed'
2. size
3. accuracy of file transfer
4. battery life

I see the display more about checking #3 - and with a 60 GB drive, one can toss unwanted photos later, during the digital darkroom part of one's workflow.

 

[CalfCanuck]

So you think it's doing more than the Belkin widget?

i_b_joshua

Here's my link to a frum discussion on Oct. 29,2004, just after the iPod photo was introduced ...

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1106265#post1106265

As I felt them, the initial iPod appeared to have some unused hardware capabilities (at the time).

The logical conclusion even then was a direct camera to iPod adaptor - once they built in the ability, it was a matter of time of execution.

I see this as a chance to easily sell 100,000 iPod photo units a year to the photo market - Canon's new D350 body alone is slated at initial production of 130,000 / month.

DSLR's are taking off!

 

[Dave00]

I guess you could plug a USB 2 card reader into the adapter - that way you wouldn't be reliant on the cameras speed and you wouldn't need to lug the cable around with you. Anyone see any problems with that?

All depends on where the power comes from. If the iPod expects the camera to provide the power (which it probably does), you probably couldn't use a card reader.

The ability to use a card reader is conspicuously absent from the product info...