ios - 8 where are the 'camera roll' and 'photostream' albums?

I Dont think anyone at Cupertino has thought it through. They lost the plot. The changes to photography in iOS should *not* have been made until the entire system was ready. It is, as I've said, a dogs breakfast.

That's what everyone saying - but here are my 2 screens on this subject. Id like to try the library if I get just find it.

think.different wrote:

@JonnyB You can find the iCloud Photo Library option under Settings > Photos & Camera. Here you can toggle it on/off. It's the first item on the pane above My Photo Stream.

Provided iCloud Drive is on, that's correct.

I am not suggesting that anyone switch iCloud Drive on unless they understand what that will mean to them.

I am not suggesting that anyone switch iCloud Drive on unless they understand what that will mean to them.

Exactly!

@JonnyB

Some background reading on iCloud Drive:

• Be aware, be careful, be prepared for iCloud Drive | TUAW: Apple news, reviews and how-tos since 2004
• iCloud Drive FAQ

And with iCloud Library Beta enabled you will no longer be able to sync photos to your devices using iTunes photo sync.

What does it say under Settings>iCloud, is there a switch for Drive?

I tested yesterday, Csound1, and on my iPhone 5S the iCloud Photo Library is also working, independent of the setting for iCloud Drive. But my iCloud account has been upgraded to iCloud Drive.

Interesting, I upgraded an iPad and a phone, neither had the iCloud Photo Library option until I switched iCloud Drive on? (although I am less sure about the iPad, I wasn't paying attention by then) There are multiple descriptions in this thread, what's really going on?

There are a lot of variables,

iCloud Drive, on, off but previously on, or on for the account from another device:

iPhoto Library on or off

PhotoStream on, on but previously off, on at the time of upgrade but subsequently off

or some combination of the foregoing 😮

And I may have missed some 😕

icloud drive = on

And you have no iCloud Photo Library option, correct?

My guess:

iCloud Drive, on, off but previously on, or on for the account from another device:

iPhoto Library on or off

iCloud Drive once enabled upgrades the account to iCloud Drive. We can disable it again, but the upgrade cannot be undone. Probably that is why I am seeing the iCloud iPhoto Library option now continually.

It would help, if Apple would put back some documentation, since this feature is available.

This discussion has nothing to do with the iCloud drive. It is essentially apple doing away with the fundamental options of having the "Camera Roll" and "Photostream" albums. There needs to be a very clear distinction between photos taken on each and every iOS device and those that are shared on photo stream. Confusing iOS users with all these pictures being mixed up on each and every device and not knowing which photo you are deleting (whether it is local or photo streamed) is a phenomenal step backwards in my point of view.

I am seriously hoping this whole thing is a flaw and that apple will reintroduce the photo stream and camera roll albums. I really wonder whose bright idea was it to do away with those albums?!