Thank you! The bit of the process I'm not 100% clear on is how you get the photos from the memory card onto the device, so that LRM can pick them up from there. I'm just not that familiar with the Android OS.
I'm assuming it's along the lines of:
1. insert memory card into OTG card reader and attach to device
2. does something pop up at this point? or how do you actually copy the files? and where to?
3. then you can add them to LRM just as if they were shot with the device, right?
Hello Victoria,
When I connect the OTG cable with the SD card reader and camera card to my Samsung tablet, the Samsung file manager app opens up on the SD card.
In my case (which is probably typical for an Android tablet), it shows 3 storage locations:
(1) the internal Device Storage,
(2) an extension SD Card installed in the tablet's own slot, and
(3) the external camera card in the OTG reader. (By the way, I have Lightroom Mobile set to store all its files on the additional SD card which acts as an extension to the tablet's internal storage - and is essential in my case.)
Then I can select files (or a whole folder) from the card and copy them to the DCIM folder either in the tablet's internal memory or it's extension. I find it good practice to make a folder named for each of my cameras inside there (eg, to distinguish them from photos taken with the device camera which are in a folder called "Camera" and others).
At this point, it seems to be necessary to unmount the camera SD card using the Settings/Storage on the tablet. I have found that LRM might get confused if you don't.
Then you can open LRM and it will normally import the files from the DCIM folder on the extension SD card automatically.
I have made a collection showing some screenshots from my tablet during the above process and one of the RAW files used that you can see here
LRM RAW file demo (there are captions to explain the steps)
Once everything is uploaded, I can delete the copies of the images in the DCIM folder.
On other brands of tablet, or with other file manager apps, I imagine that the process is similar.
John