PhotoStream Shared Albums

Hello! I want to set-up a shared Photostream with a friend. But this friend thinks that immediately he will not only see the photos that I put into this shared photostream for him to see, but also that I will then be able to see all his photos on his iPhone-- in his iPhoto library-- all of them!
I just don't think that is correct. In fact I think he cannot even put photos into that shared photostream album -- only I can - IS THAT CORRECT?? (but I think he can download the photos that I put in there). And I do not have the shared link turned-on for this particular photostream album and I have only invited him.
Can anyone confirm all this? I really need a short-course on how PhotoStream works. I have automatic upload turned-on on my iPad – but that is only going from my iPad to the photostream called "My Photostream" which then appears on my iPad and my Mac. (Don't have an iPhone and my Gen 1 iTouch with iOS 3.1.3 isn't playing in this game…). I do NOT have automatic import nor automatic upload enabled on my Mac-- "MY PHOTO STREAM" is activated, but not the Automatic import nor the Automatic Upload because I like to organize my events myself.
Thanks for any comments.
Best regards,
Steve Schulte
Tuesday 19 March 2013

1 - PS is not "immediate - it takes time adn sometimes a lot of time
2 -- PS does NOT show anything that is not specifically place in it - it does not let anyone see anything else
3 - shared PS is different form PS and nothing is automatically added to a shared PS
For FAQs and trouble shooting guide links - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
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