With the lightning to usb 3 camera adapter its easy to transfer photos and videos from your high resolution digital camera to your ipad add even greater capability and versatility to your ipad by powering the lightning to usb 3 camera adapter with usb power adapter then you can connect usb peripherals like hubs ethernet adapters audiomidi interfaces and card readers for compactflash sd microsd and more the lightning to usb 3 camera adapter supports standard photo formats