I originally bought the Eye-Fi card as at the time it was the only one to support raw files but because the file sizes are so large its really difficult t work with so I have stuck with hi res jpegs. So I guess any wifi card will do the job, but I have only used the Eye-Fi card and found their support to be very good.

Photogene does allow you to edit images that are actually on your IOS device. I have just posted a walkthrough here on how Photogene works. Its a really powerful tool, I use it all the time particularly on the iPhone

The only catch is the images have to be on the computer first, you can't edit images in lightroom on the iPad that have been transferred to the iPad either through a wifi card or by the camera kit. Also if you have a large number of images to work on it can take a long time for the images to transfer to the iPad to work on. I also found the iPad 2 very very slow using lightroom but it works fine on my iPad mini retina which I bought specifically for this task, to edit weddings and club shoots in the lounge whilst still able to partake in family life

Here is a little walkthrough for my workflow using the eyfi card, iPhone 5S but any IOS device will work and the app Photogene which I think is the best photo image manipulation app available.

On a dual card setup I have the Eye-Fi card set to jpegs fine and to transmit all files to the iPhone, I use the iPhone due to its size and it just stays in my pocket on a shoot. Its also convenient for checking focus accuracy and colour etc.

I also have iCloud activated so the images are shared to my iPad when I get home, so I can also work on them there too.

So heres some shots in the Eye-Fi app




These are instantly available in the photo gallery within IOS so available for edit in any app

Then in Photogene we choose an image




All tools are available through the spanner icon at the bottom of the screen which brings up a dial. So first I am going to crop the image.




I have chosen to crop the image into portrait orientation 2:3 and an overlay appears which is just dragged around the screen using the handles.




After clicking on the crop scissor icon top right I then rotate the tool menu to change exposure and contrast




I then again rotate the tool menu to go to the sharpen menu where a small amount is applied




Finally the image is exported and from here you can export to library, email, other devices and many social networking venues along with FTP dropbox etc... This is what makes the app so powerful, I have used this app for gigs to send images out from the show to news outlets who need images fast.




This is the final result

The cheap Chinese ipad camera kits work well with the ipad but none of the camera kits work with the iphone. I use a wifi card to get my images across to the ipad or iphone.

Lightroom on the ipad works in conjunction with your computer.

You have to upload the images to your computer then sync them with your ipad. On the ipad you can then do basic editing and select images to keep or delete.

For editing on the go photo gene as mentioned is the app to get.

I think this would have made a more interesting portrait if you had kneeled down to his level. As it is its just a shot of a view we have all seen of a homeless person sat on the floor.

Interesting background story though.

I would go for a k-5 and tele. The k-3 will eventually fall heavily in price, glass on the other hand tends to increase in price exception for budget primesof course.

It's usually after a discussion like this that lots of members tend to go elsewhere, seen it happen a number of times over the years. All it would take would sometimes for the mods to explain their decision. Yes I know they don't have too and in effect it's their ball we are playing with but what good is a forum with no members?

This year the forum seems to have lost high number of contributing members, mainly due to other factors but for some moderation has been a main bug bear.

I very rarely use PS only for content aware which I use very very rarely. I just find PS so slow when a lot of images need adjusting and LR lends itself to this process so much better.