Questions & Answers for Lightning to USB Camera Adapter

Want to transfer pictures from my Sony Cyber Camera with Memory Stick Duo Cards.
My camera is Digital and has a USB cable and battery is charged out of the camera on a charging block or piece. Then is put in a wall socket. I want to transfer them to a Generation 4 Ipad.

• Asked by Tim G from Elton
• 31-Mar-2013
• Flag as inappropriate (Will Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor work with my Sony Cyber Camera with Memory Stick Duo Cards. Ipad that I have is a Generation 4 with retina)

When I use 30pins ones, SD Card reader is more faster than USB Adapter.
Is still SD Card reader more faster than USB one?
Has somebody tried it?
If nobody has done, I should be the one I think :(

• Asked by 영민 이 from 울산
• 20-Jan-2014
• Flag as inappropriate (Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader vs Lightning to USB Camera Adapter.   Which one is the fastest one?)

My home DAC unit has a USB type B connection. Will this cable work to bypass the iPhone DAC? The additional cable to complete the connection would be a male usb A to male usb B.

Someone commented that this only works with a DAC that accepts UPS type A. Not sure why this would be the case.

• Asked by Michael C from Fairfax
• 29-May-2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Will this work with USB type B DAC connection?)

For example, would you be able to connect an external hard drive to the iPad to transfer movies/videos?

• Asked by Kathleen T
• 29-Oct-2012
• Flag as inappropriate (Could this be used as a general usb port like on a computer or is it just for cameras?)

My Passport harddrive

• Asked by Antony S from Tunbridge Wells
• 24-Sep-2017
• Flag as inappropriate (Will this work with my Apple iPad mini to enable me to move photos from the mini iPad to "My Passport" harddrive?)

Interface usb behringer xenyx mixers

• Asked by Richard V from Parma
• 7-Dec-2013
• Flag as inappropriate (will the lightning usb camera adapter still work on ipad 4 or air like the 30 pin adapter does on ipad 2 -3 for the usb xenyx behringer mixers?)

I use Yamaha PianoDiary app (on iPhone 5s) to RECORD midi from an external piano
ie. (iPhone 5S --> Apple Camera connection kit --> Roland UM-One to midi plugs (In and Out) --> External Piano.)
The PianoDiary app also allows me to PLAYBACK to the piano.

Alas, the MIDI is stored within a PianoDiary SQLite database and not as a midi file. So, no easy way to export and import.
Unable to get the PianoDiary app WiFi or Bluetooth working with a MAC so now I explore hard wiring from iPhone 5s to a MAC.

Could I treat the iPhone 5s/Pianodiary app as a MIDI instrument
i.e. (iPhone 5s/Pianodiary --> Apple Camera connection kit --> TypeA(Male) to TypeB(Female) adapter --> Regular USB cable --> Mac/Sibelius First.)

I could then press PLAY on the iPhone 5S and RECORD on the MAC to export from the iPhone and vice versa to import.
Is there any good reason why this hardwire approach wouldn't work using the Apple Camera connection kit ?
Is there a better way to do this connection via cable ? (I have given up on WiFi and Bluetooth)

• Asked by Bjskas S
• 18-Feb-2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I connect iPhone 5s/PianoDiary to MAC/Sibelius First to import & export MIDI data via the Apple Camera connection kit ?)

• Asked by Donovan G from Visalia
• 3-Jan-2014
• Flag as inappropriate (can I import to imovie)

There is great confusion about audio from the lightning port. On the one hand, we're told that you need this cable attached to a DAC to play hi-res(>48/24) audio. Yet we're also told that this is a "digital only" interface. What is the story? I'm hoping to use a 3rd party hi-res audio player to send a hi res stream to my car audio system via this connector, but not sure how it works. Can anyone point me to an authoritative description of how audio is pass through the lightning connector? Are the DACs in the iphone ever used, or is it a pure digital stream via lightning. If it's purely digital, can we use this connector to pass hi res (ie 96/24) digital streams to a Nissan car audio system? I've read all the conjecture, what I'm looking for is a definitive statement from Apple

• Asked by John A M from Carlsbad
• 29-Apr-2016
• Flag as inappropriate (Can I use this cable to connect to my Nissan Altima sound system with hi-res digital audio?)

The previous version did not support communication between my 5D mk II and the iPad.

• Asked by Matt B from Brisbane
• 15-Dec-2012
• Flag as inappropriate (Will this work with the CF card in my Canon 5D mk II? The previous version did not work on my camera due to the file size of the images or CF card?)