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2012 Nexus 7 Discussion Forums (1st Generation) => Nexus 7 User Tips => Topic started by: Rin on September 13, 2012, 04:38:54 PM
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I looked around for an answer on transferring photos directly from a camera to the Nexus 7 and didn't find anything very definitive or easy.
I took my Panasonic camera and used the camera cable to connect to my OTG cable and connected to the Nexus 7.
My camera has transfer options of PC or pictbridge. I was pretty sure the PC option wouldn't work, only PC or Mac. I tried the pictbridge option and up on the Nexus 7 screen came the choice of Nexus Media Importer or Gallery. I tried Media Importer and that did not work. However, I then tried Gallery and that did work. I was able to import photos from my camera directly to Nexus 7. I hope this is useful for others, whether it will work with other cameras, don't know, many do have the pictbridge option now so that may be the key.
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As owner of a Pany FZ150 and an N7 this is indeed great news.
Haven't gotten around to attempting image transfers yet but I thought I'd need to rely on one of the techniques that allows N7 to read a USB device. Then I would read directly from SDHC. using a USB card reader. Your way is another option. All I need is to find a suitable mini-usb cable that connects camera to N7.
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I just started experimenting with using an EyeFi card in my camera which sets up a direct mode wifi connection with the tablet and downloads the images as you shoot. You are then able to edit some and share to social media on the go. When I get home I plug the N7 into my desktop and import the images into LightRoom and the harddrive for safekeeping, cataloguing and postporcessing.