Q: lightning sd camera reader

Are there photos on the card?

To be read, the photos on the card must follow a very strict naming convention. There has to be a folder named DCIM, and all files in that folder must have 8 character names, such as DSC_4839.jpg for example.

Are the photo files in jpg format, or some other format like raw?

Try this  - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.) No data/files will be erased.

 Cheers, Tom

If this is an example of your file name

20130126_132425

then yeah, that's why it won't work.

The iPad will read 8 character names only.