Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter

I got this to connect my iPhone 11 to Cambridge Dacmagic 100. Works great. Excellent build quality (Apple). I saw many cheaper knock-offs but didn't want to take the chance.

Before you make this purchase, keep in mind this it was designed and advertised to connect to a CAMERA. If you’re buying this to connect to an unpowered device like a thumb drive or card reader, it WON’T WORK. The lightning port was never really designed to provide the 5 volts most USB devices require. The device you’re adapting to must have its own power source (like a camera has batteries). I’m using it for my J-Lab USB microphone for YouTube using a powered USB hub to provide power to the microphone and it works like a champ! I got both this and a hub for less than $40. Worth it considering what I paid for the microphone.

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So, got this to plug in a USB microphone. Bought brand name on purpose. Would not power my microphone. It’s a let down, but my fault. Maybe it will come in handy for something else? I guess I’ll find out.

Worked perfectly right out of the box. Needed to download photos off my old Nikon D70 to iPad Air 2 instead of to my Macbook. Plugged adapter into iPad and other end accepts Nikon USB camera cable. Open Photos app, Choose "Device" in side menu and voila, there are all the photos currently on the camera. Download speed super fast for largest size JPEGs. Happy! Apple adapter is a little pricey, but I say just go with it instead of risking some other brand that may or may not work.

Kids, this is the real deal. People make fun of Apple and their overpriced dongles, but this thing is magic. No really, I can't think of another tiny piece of hardware that has so drastically expanded what I can do with a single port. This dongle hides behind the name "Camera Adapter", as if it were a mere tool for camera enthusiasts. I don't care about cameras at all, I've used this to: - Attach a USB keyboard for use with my iPad Pro - Connect a Blue Yeti USB Microphone to my iPad and record vocals - Attach a USB MIDI Controller which then seamlessly hooks into Garageband's Synth instruments - Connect to a USB-to-Ethernet hub and download stuff to my iPhone/iPad over Ethernet - Oh, by the way, that hub I mentioned has 3 USB ports on it, I can connect stuff to **all three of them** and download over Ethernet at the same time. - And yeah, maybe I'll try it out with a camera someday when I'm done rocking out with all these other peripherals... I wonder if I could plug in an Electric-Guitar-to-USB adapter... Anyway, this thing is insane. You might have an awesome iPad, but until you get this, you're not using it right. Accept no substitutes.

After returning the grey-not-white Omar lightning keyboard, and a used Macally white-but-not-working keyboard (ebay), I decided to see whether I could use one of my white/aluminum-silver mechanical keyboards with my iPad via this connector. It works! And it is awesome to type in full-size-keyboard heaven on mechanical keys (E-Element z-77 from Amazon) to take notes in OneNote, write email, fast-enter into Omnifocus, etc. with complete kinetic comfort! Even better, I have also tested it on iPhone 5s and iPhone 8 Plus - success! It also hooks into an older rubber dome usb keyboard and does fine with all three devices as well. The only issue - and I think this is true across the board - is that when the devices' battery life drops into the 60% range, they are apt to turn off the keyboard for drawing too much power. I found that if I unplugged and replugged it in, and typed more slowly, I could continue using it into the 50% range at least. I haven't pushed it further, usually I finished what I was doing and didn't need to go further (courtesy of faster data entry with a keyboard and touch typing skills). I will be trying a powered hub situation next, and a splitter. For people who need to use electronics, but want a little less EMF/less Bluetooth, having a way to enjoy the functionality of portable iOS devices with some buffer distance, this adaptor plus a keyboard is really nice.

I bought the latest revision of the "Lightning to USB CAMERA Adapter". (MD821AM/A) This product works as designed - to connect the ipad to: - a camera with a built-in USB port. - In addition, that camera must use the DCIM folder system. - Finally, your IPAD must have OS 9.2 or higher IF all of these conditions are met, it will transfer pictures from the camera to your ipad. BUT it will NOT work with any other USB product!! SO... PLEASE NOTE: NEW APPLE PRODUCT: "Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter" The old apple cable has been superseded by a new model (which is only on apple.com), the "Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter" The new model has a "power pass-thru", which allows you to use USB items that need more power, like a USB memory stick - and many other things. It still will not work with every USB device - due to apple's OS software, but it is a HUGE improvement over the old model. It also supports USB 3.0, but ONLY on the IPAD PRO!!! (read more below) See the apple webpage: [...] Product Overview With the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, it’s easy to transfer photos and videos from your high-resolution digital camera to your iPad Pro. After you connect the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, your iPad Pro automatically opens the Photos app, which lets you choose photos and videos to import, then organizes them into albums. Add even greater capability and versatility to your iPad Pro by powering the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter with a USB Power Adapter. Then you can connect USB peripherals like hubs, Ethernet adapters, audio/MIDI interfaces, and card readers for CompactFlash, SD, microSD, and more. (Note: There are only a handful of USB devices that have been tested by Apple and confirmed to work!) The Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter supports standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and MPEG-4. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro transfers data at USB 3 speeds, while the 9.7-inch iPad Pro uses USB 2. As you can see from the product description above, this cable is designed for the iPad Pro. I have an "iPad Air 2", and I plan on testing this new cable, but I have not done so - yet.

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I used this product to connect a Yubi key to my iPhone. Yubi key is a secure password device that my employer requires to use their Microsoft Teams app on my iPhone. Worked right away, no fuss. Apple calls it a camera adapter but it will mechanically connect various devices that need a USB socket. If the device is low power, like YubiKey, iPhone can support the power required by sharing power from iPhone battery. You can get a non-apple camera adapter for less than half the price that apple sells. They probably work just as good, but I decided to buy the adapter from Apple because I didn’t know if it would work and I wanted to remove worry about quality.

Updated: Got this working eventually, needed to use a powered hub with the particular usb device (Modal craft) I was wanting to use. Whether it’s genuine or not, it works 100% like the current version Apple sells for quite a bit more money and I ended up returning and keeping this one.

It is a big disappointment, the adaptor didn’t work at all and it’s an apple product PLUS it came with a stain of brown colour.