While I'm waiting for my Transformer+dock to be delivered, I'm looking to see if someone has experience using a USB cardreader on it.
I want to use my transformer to view pictures from my Sony camera (so it uses MemoryStick). So either I use the (bulky) proprietary camera USB cable or I use an external cardreader to access the Memorystick...
I suppose the internal cardreader in the dock doesn't support MS, right?
Any suggestions?
The eeePads card reader is micro SD and the docks card reader is full sized SD.. BUT here's an elegant suggestion to solve your problem... :
..I bought a 16Gb Class6 microSD card on amazon uk that came with a full sized SD adaptor & Sony memory stick adaptor bunled in
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0032CJIUG/ref=oss_product
.. so you put that card & memory stick adaptor in your Sony camera to take pix.. then when you're ready to view on the tablet, simply take the card out of its adaptor from the camera and put directly into the tablet (micro SD) or swap it into the full sized SD adaptor and read via the dock..
Nice!
Thanx for the tip.
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Hi,
Has anyone try to import pictures from a camera directly to Asus transformer Prime?
Would love to know if this works.
Thanks
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i would also like to know.
i would try myself but i'm still waiting for amazon to ship me the dock
If it can do mass storage, probably. I know on my gs2 I had a $7 usb cf card reader (plus a usb otg cable, the Prime needs either a dock or the USB host adapter for $15 I think) and pulled my Canon 7D pics off for upload, worked like a charm. If it shows up on a pc as a disk drive, you're good. If it shows up as a camera you'll need a card reader, OR if the camera takes sd cards, you could get a microsd with an adapter to full size, shoot on that card, then pull the micro out of the adapter and into the prime. Ya dig?
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If it can do mass storage, probably. I know on my gs2 I had a $7 usb cf card reader (plus a usb otg cable, the Prime needs either a dock or the USB host adapter for $15 I think) and pulled my Canon 7D pics off for upload, worked like a charm. If it shows up on a pc as a disk drive, you're good. If it shows up as a camera you'll need a card reader, OR if the camera takes sd cards, you could get a microsd with an adapter to full size, shoot on that card, then pull the micro out of the adapter and into the prime. Ya dig?
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Yepp that is the case for TF201 and TF101, all my cameras worked as mass stroage on the Dock, if not plug in the SD-Card in the dock.
I think it should work. The Prime supports USB host, so it should read it as a mass storage device. Do you have the dock? If not you'll have to get the USB adapter. I can plug my Canon T2i into the dock and it's recognized.
3.1 added USB host mode and camera (PTP) support.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.1-highlights.html
I tried it yesterday with my Canon 7D. Plugged it in and immediately the gallery popped open on my Prime and showed there were photos to be imported. I clicked import and blazingly fast they copied to my Prime. I'm very impressed with this, exactly what I needed. It is brilliant!
Mic
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I've been wirelessly synching,WiFi or AdHoc, using my Nikon bodies and EyeFi. Much easier to lug around than a laptop especially with all the lighting crap and batteries. It's also more impressive to the clients.
For example, my D300s has CF and SD slots. The CF records RAW while SD records fine high quality JPEG. I have the pro EyeFi so I can make it do RAW, too. The gallery app by EyeFi is pretty good. PM me if you guys have questions. My biggest reason for getting a 64GB Prime is for shooting purposes... and others as well.
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Does anyone know where it mounts the camera in the filesystem? I found the usbdisk in the removable storage folder. I want to import pics directly to an external disk using a powered hub
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Does anyone know where it mounts the camera in the filesystem? I found the usbdisk in the removable storage folder. I want to import pics directly to an external disk using a powered hub
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Considering it has 1 usb port, I am not sure how you can do transfer it directly without using a swap space.
It should be able to. I can confirm i can simultaneously import pics and copy files from an external usb disk. The daft thing just wont give me an interface to copy directly from cam to disk. And yes you need a powered usb hub to connect that setup.
Can someone try who has it rooted to find the cam mountpoint?
I've had to return 2 primes, but my third will hopefully come soon from Hhgregg.
Anyway,
I'm going to Thailand in March and wanted to use my Prime and Dock in my photography workflow.
What I have currently is a Canon 50D camera (uses Compact Flash cards), External USB HDD and an external card reader/USB hub. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028MEZFE/ref=oh_o05_s00_i00_details
I'm trying to figure out the best way to transfer off my CF cards to my external HDD. It's not looking like I will be able to have them both connected at the same time. So, currently it's looking like I may need to transfer from CF to internal MicroSD card, then to HDD. However, I noticed on a test that the transfer rate was really slow doing it that way.
The USB hub/Card reader is seen by the prime, but I could not see both a CF card and external USB HDD connected to that hub at the same time. Which is what I was hoping for.
Any suggestions on a workflow or questions if I didn't make enough since above?
Thanks
I would try a usb hub and a usb card reader, idk if usb card readers work past the ASUS one, which iirc plugs into the docking port.
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I have searched all over the outside of this tablet to find the microsd card slot.
Do I have to open it up to get to it?
250 GB version does not have microSD slot.
oh no that's some bad news, thanks for the information zando2712
Your storage expansion possibilities are endless with your new device.
There is the USB 3G port to the back and the micro USB host port where a host cable can be connected.
Both of these ports will work with a microSD adapter.
The rear port outputs enough power to work with external drives.
I'm assuming that you wanted a microSD slot to quickly transfer files to your tablet?
Just use an adapter if that's the case.
Hi,
I'm looking to get either the Tab or Note 10.1, but need to know whether its possible to transfer images from the micro SD card to an external USb powered HDD. I know I can get hold of a micro usb male/ mini usb male adapter to link the Tab/Note to the HDD, but don't know if the Tab/Note will power the drive, or if it's possible to transfer pics in this way.
I'm planning a roadtrip in the USA later this year and would not have regular access to wifi to upload images to 'dropbox' etc so would rather back them up to a HDD.
I know there are several similar postings, but no suitable/applicable answers.
Suggestions/answers ?
Cheers
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Hi,
I'm looking to get either the Tab or Note 10.1, but need to know whether its possible to transfer images from the micro SD card to an external USb powered HDD. I know I can get hold of a micro usb male/ mini usb male adapter to link the Tab/Note to the HDD, but don't know if the Tab/Note will power the drive, or if it's possible to transfer pics in this way.
I'm planning a roadtrip in the USA later this year and would not have regular access to wifi to upload images to 'dropbox' etc so would rather back them up to a HDD.
I know there are several similar postings, but no suitable/applicable answers.
Suggestions/answers ?
Cheers
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The Tab 10.1 doesn't have a micro SD card slot - the Tab 2 does. On the Tab 10.1 there's a chunk of the internal memory mounted as /sdcard that you can store your photos on.
As far as moving files to an external drive goes, you can do that with most file managers so that's no problem.
One issue you may have is that the external drive will need to be formatted as FAT 32, not NTFS. That means that you can't copy files larger than 4GB to the external drive. That's probably not going to be a problem for you if you're moving images (not movies).
To connect the drive, you'll need an OTG cable, which are fairly inexpensive. However, there's no guarantee that the tablet will be able to power the drive. External thumb drives work fine for me. I haven't tried any portable hard drives, but as long as the current demand is fairly low it may work. Some people have had success with portable drives, so it's worth giving it a try, especially if you're talking about a notebook size drive as those tend to be less power hungry.
I have successfully mounted an external HDD via a externally powered USB-Hub. The FAT32 partition can be mounted without additional software, the NTFS partition can be mounted with the free app "NTFS mount". USB-Sticks will be powered by the tablet without problem. The problem is, that the combined card reader / USB adaptor can only be used with one function at a time. So I had to copy the SD-card to the internal storage of the tab and then move it from there to the external HDD.
You might want to think about buying an Intenso Memory 2 Move HDD. It's an external 2.5" HDD with a battery (6 hours) and a wifi hotspot. You can access the drive via wifi, ethernet RJ45 and USB 3.0. Works like a charm with Android.
Regards
Achim
Sorry, it was the Tab 2 (10.1 screen, stylus thing etc) I was meaning but couldn't find a heading for it. Is it likely to power an external 2.5 drive ?
Most certainly it will not power HDD. The easiest solution is an external miniature USB hub with power supply.
Regards
Achim
I would like to mention that HDD must be partitioned as GPT to work otherwise it shows as corrupt.
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Hi
I want to get my 6T to read SD Cards from a trail cam. I purchased one from UGreen and it has almost no instructions. I can't get it to work. I did put the phone in OTG mode. I had to use an adapter from Micro USB to USB Type C. There is no indication that it is connecting. Any ideas?
If anyone has been able to do this on the 6T, even if it means buying a new adapter, let me know how.
Thanks
John
Do you have OTG storage enabled in system settings?
"OTG storage" is enabled. Are there any other OTG settings that also need to be set?
You need an OTG cable. That should work since that's how I transferred all of my photos from my micro SD card (in a card reader) to my 6T. I doubt directly plugging the card reader via adapter would work.
1. Buy a OTG microSDHC card reader.
2.Check the tipe of the files on card.
The unit is OTG but it has an micro USB fitting and I am using a micro USB to USB Type C adapter. Could that be the problem? I don't see how, the adapter should be straight through. I don't think it is a file issue, the 6T does not even see card. I might just try another reader.
use the app WiFi explorer, and you can transfer anything and everything wirelessly, via wifi..those files on your sd card need to be on another computer or somewhere they can be "seen"..
This one has been working great for me. I've used an older otg micro to A adapter with no problems before though. Could just be a faulty adapter on your end.
Yaotl, I can't figure out anything else but the reader. I think I will give the Anker reader you suggested a try.
Thanks for the help,
John
I purchased another reader. Works perfectly. Thanks for all the help. Especially, Yaotl.