Does transfering photos taken by iPhone 5 to iPad 4th. Gen by airdrop diminishes their quality?

Hi Vodkeras,

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The article below may be able to help you with this.

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iPhoto for iOS (iPhone): Ways to share photos

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3266

• If you have a device that supports AirDrop, you can send photos wirelessly to other iOS devices that use AirDrop. AirDrop shares photos in full resolution.

• If you have an iCloud account and you’ve set up My Photo Stream, photos you save to the Camera Roll are sent to all of your devices.

iPhoto for iOS (iPhone): Send photos to a device

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3267?viewlocale=en_US

Send photos using AirDrop

To use AirDrop to export items, you must turn on AirDrop on your device and the iOS device that's receiving the items. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open Control Center, then turn on AirDrop.

AirDrop is available on iPhone 5, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires an iCloud account.

1. Tap a photo, album, event, journal, or slideshow and tap the share button, then tap AirDrop.
2. Tap Selected, or change the photos you want to share (if you’re sending a slideshow, skip to step 3):
   • Select different photos: Tap Choose Photos, tap one or more photos, and tap Next.
   • Select a range of photos: Tap Choose Photos, tap Range, tap the first and last photos in the range, and tap Next.
   • Select all the photos in an album or event: Tap All.
3. Tap the device name you want to send the items to.
4. On the iOS device receiving the items, tap Accept.

iOS: Use AirDrop to wirelessly share content

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5887?viewlocale=en_US

Cheers,

- Judy

Did you read the sentence, "AirDrop shares photos in full resolution", in the post above?