George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Sorry for the heading but I am at a loss on the proper words on howto describe what I would like to know and trying to do:

I want to connect my iPad to my Canon 550D / t2i. my spouse wants to shoot a how-to-youtube. She wants to remote trigger the camera, ( I have that covered). and watch the ipad screen showing what she is shooting in real tyme. If I am not mistaken that is not the same as tethering is that correct?..

Now if someone will give me the correct terminology or possibly the how to or directions to the land of "how tos'"

Thank you one and all,

Regards,
the "G"

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

George,

I have no experience as of yet hooking either of my two iPads up to a video camera. But I have used my older iPad 2 to download images from SD cards and know I could, if desired, download stills from my Sony cameras via the mini-USB port.

The issue, I believe, is unlikely to be what brand of camera you're employing. Rather, it's what Apple has decided to provide us photographers with on the iPads. To my knowledge, Apple has provided ONLY two such means, each consisting of an adapter. So for my iPad 2, one end of each adapter has the 30-pin connector. On my iPad Air, it would be a lightning connector. In my case, the 30-pin version mates with the (backwards-labeled) Apple lightning-to-30-pin adapter, which then mates with the iPad Air, and yes, it actually works.

So what's on the other end of these two adapters? The one I use the most has an SD card slot. The other one has a USB 2.0 female port. I'd think you'd be obliged to use the latter if you're trying to record or display in real-time.

Apple has stated that these two adapters are EXCLUSIVELY for conveying digital files of photos and videos, and NOT any other file type! That's where my knowledge on this topic comes to an end.

Hope this helps.
lev29

lovelylyn Loc: Fort Wayne, IN

wi-fi card

ragatazz Loc: Michigan

Take a look at the Cam Ranger, I believe it enables you to remotely control your camera and view it through you iphone or ipad.

don26812 Loc: South Bay of Los Angeles, CA

Take a look at this link. I have one and it works as described. There are others as well.

http://www.dpreview.com/tag/triggertrap

SNicker317 Loc: North NJ

:thumbup: Yes, the CamRanger is an excellent albeit not-inexpensive choice. It will do exactly what she wants.

George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Thank you I will have a look

George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Thank you

George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Thank you, I have the Trigger Trap but did not think it provided real time video, I'll have to play with it some more..You flipped the switch and turned on the light bulb..
The "G"

George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Thank you

George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Lev, thank you for your time and valuable information, it is so very logical and helpfull. I will let you know how it turns out. Also The Trigger Trap gave me something else to think about. thanks again
the "G"

don26812 Loc: South Bay of Los Angeles, CA

You may be right about the video. I have only used mine for stills. However, mine is older now. Perhaps they have added video to newer models.

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

So, George, did you have a chance yet to try out my suggestion with your iPad? 😎

George II Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

Lev, sorry but not yet, I had some personal issues to over come but am well on my way to playing with my camera again, I have been sussing out Trigger Trap and in conversation with them, more information is coming, I will keep you posted, thank you so very much,
the
"G"