Deleting multiple imported photos.

[mcdj]

I shot a wedding today. Imported the photos onto the iPad using the camera connection kit just so I could take a peek at them on the spot.

Got home, plugged the iPad into my Macbook. I have iTunes set to sync my photos to a specific folder on my desktop; not with iPhoto. I figured the iPad would dump the imported RAW files to my sync folder. It didn't. That was actually ok with me because I wanted to import them into Lightroom directly from the SD card anyhow.

What I really wanted to do is preview the RAWs on the iPad and delete them. The only way I could find to delete them directly on the iPad was manually tapping them in the delete dialog, one by one. Not very practical for 200+ photos.

Then I tried to delete them via iPhoto on my Macbook. I could see the thumbnails in the import window, but found no option to delete them from the iPad without syncing them to iPhoto first. Dumb.

Finally, I was able to delete them by opening Image Capture, using the delete button (duh?).

Am I missing something, or is this a really dumb system for a serious photographer? Why on earth shouldn't I be able to select a range of photos, or all them, for deletion, either directly on the iPad, or at the very least in iTunes or iPhoto?

 

[Salsero58]

Click the email icon in the upper right tool bar.

Select the photos you want to delete.

Hit Delete.

 

[camarobh]

OP. Dumb.

 

[mcdj]

Click the email icon in the upper right tool bar.

Select the photos you want to delete.

Hit Delete.

Like I said, I'm not about to do that for 200+ photos.

OP. Dumb.

Umm, maybe I'm a completely blind brain donor, but I seem to have missed the part where you explained how to do what I'm asking. Or maybe it's not me who is the brain donor.

 

[diabolic]

Am I missing something, or is this a really dumb system for a serious photographer?

I'm pretty sure that the Photos app was not designed for a serious photographer.