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December 18, 2019
Question

Direct Import deleted my photos without importing them ! - Lightroom for iPad with iOS 13.3.1

  • December 18, 2019
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Hi,

 

I was very happy about the last update bringing Direct Import directly from Camera.

However, I just lost a WHOLE photoshoot for no reason other than a Lightroom bug.

 

1- Lightroom detected when I connected the camera the device and everything went smoothly, it seemed to be importing all my RAW files.

 

2- At the end of the process Lightroom suggests to delete those photos from the card since the import is finished "You can now safely disconnect the camera, do you want to delete imported photos". I chose "Yes". 

 

Big mistake.

 

Photos were deleted from my SD card but never been imported to Lightroom, the newly created album where it's supposed to have added them is empty. "All photos" too. And nothing in recent imports.

 

Am I the only one in this situation ?

 

EDIT : Screenshots of the messages.

EDIT : Typos + additional infos

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2 replies

Participant
February 11, 2020

exactly the same problem here...

 

Nikon D7200, iPad Pro 11" with iOS 13.3.1, Lightroom 5.2 (with CC membership)

 

No photos are imported directly from the camera. Indeed after finishing the import process LR asks to delete the photos on the cam. Back in LR there are no photos imported. That has to be fixed soon. I also lost a set of photos due to this lightroom bug.

Participating Frequently
February 26, 2020

Can you please let us know how it behaves in 5.2.1?

Thanks,
Ignacio

Participant
March 7, 2020

Hello Ignacio,

LR 5.2.2 solved the problem.

Thx,

Axel

ShotBy_AzAuthor
Participating Frequently
December 18, 2019

For info i'm on :

- Lightroom for iPad : v. 5.1.0 / 93E03A

- iPadOS : 13.3

- Nikon system, NEF RAW files

- Using a genuine Apple Lightning/USB3 adapted connected to my Nikon D3500 with a genuine usb cable.

Participating Frequently
December 18, 2019

Hi,

I'm sorry to hear that you are running into an issue.
Please send us a diagnostic log so that we can investigate what might have gone wrong.

You can do so by:
1. opening the settings in the app
2. tap on Help & Support
3. Long tap on Access our Support Forum
4. Send through mail application

Thanks,
Ignacio

selondon
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 18, 2019