iPad Camera Kit

The day one of my biggest problems with the iPad bit the dust was the day I found out that you could, with a connector kit, upload photos directly from your camera into the iPad. At the time, I wondered how it would work and whether it would be able to handle RAW files.

Today, this from Apple.com:

With the iPad Camera Connection Kit, it's incredibly easy to download photos from your digital camera to your iPad so you can view them on the gorgeous iPad display and share them with family and friends.

The kit includes two connectors, each with a different interface:
The Camera Connector features a USB interface. Just plug it into the dock connector port on your iPad, then attach your digital camera or iPhone using a USB cable (not included).

Use the SD Card Reader to import photos directly from your camera's SD card. Connect it to your iPad, then insert your digital camera's SD card into the slot.

After you make the connection, your iPad automatically opens the Photos app, which lets you choose which pictures to import, then organizes the selected photos into albums. When you sync iPad to your PC or Mac, the photos on your iPad are added to your computer's photo library.

iPad and the Camera Connection Kit support standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW.

That answers my question. Also, kudos to Apple for including both connectors in the kit and not selling them separately.

However, when I went into an Apple store over the weekend, one of the employees told me that the kit, which was supposed to be available on launch day, was still not in. As of this writing, the Apple Store still lists 2-3 weeks for shipping. Odd.