The much awaited and desired Apple iPad does not an have SD card slot.  And it does not have a USB port either.  So if you want to transfer photos to your iPad from your camera, you will have to invest in the iPad camera connection kit from Apple- the single most  worthwhile iPad accessory for all those iPad users who enjoy photography.  The iPad camera connection kit is basically just a pair of adapters that can be connected to the iPad connector at the bottom. You can connect either a USB or the SD card slot using this kit.

Although it would have been great if Apple had decided to integrate these in the iPad, maybe they did not include it to make the iPad slim.  Some people are of the opinion that it was deliberately left out so that Apple could sell more iPad accessories.  There will most likely be an eruption of camera connection kits for iPad in the market soon.

The iPad Camera Connection Kit allows you to import photos & videos from the digital media source to your iPad.  It is great news for amateur as well as professional photographers. Moving between albums and individual photos in iPad has become so easy and pleasurable.  It can be done with a tilt, a pinch and a zoom.

The SD card reader enables you to import movie files and pictures easily from the SD card which can be put in the camera.  One would be able to swap images between different people with ease.  This is a good feature as the memory card that is standard for many deices is the SD card.  It serves as a dongle and allows storage expansion.

The iPad allows you to interact with photos in ways which are unlike anything before.  It is a very intuitive gadget for navigating through images and uploading them on the web.  Although the official iPad accessory is the’ iPad camera connection kit’, it is predicted that a lot of alternative devices should be developed by other suppliers for the market.

You can buy the iPad camera connection kit online here.