Sony GPS accessory

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited August 10, 2006 in Accessories
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06080202sonygpscs1.asp
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2006
    Nikolai wrote:
    http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06080202sonygpscs1.asp

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2006
    That actually is quite clever. Nice option.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2006
    It is..
    Seefutlung wrote:
    That actually is quite clever. Nice option.

    I saw our own Mike Lane using a similar (and even smaller) gps tracking device during the last main and post shootout. His even had a little LCD with current info on it, and it was attached to his backpack shoulder strap, very nifty.. I forgot the make/model, but I remember Mike's telling it was under $200.

    I think at this size camera manufacturers could have put one inside the bodies. I'd easily pay extra $100 for such a feature, so it would immediately adjust RAW/JPEG EXIFs in camera..
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  • jthomasjthomas Registered Users Posts: 454 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2006
    Of course the Nikon D200 and D2x have a GPS interface built in. You supply the GPS unit to attach to the camera and it records the GPS coordinates of your image directly in the EXIF.
  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2006
    Is the Sony unit going to work across brands (like with a 20D)?
    I think its very cool.
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  • MPerdomoMPerdomo Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited August 6, 2006
    jthomas wrote:
    Of course the Nikon D200 and D2x have a GPS interface built in. You supply the GPS unit to attach to the camera and it records the GPS coordinates of your image directly in the EXIF.


    Ive seen a pretty cool implementation of that wherest someone mounted the GPS on the hotshoe for a pretty slim package.

    If someone could make a pocket-wizard sized device that integrated with the Nikon GOS system, that would be amazing
  • sitsit Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    If you already have GPS unit, you may be able to do this using the GPS Correlator tool (Linux or Mac): it takes a GPS track from any capable device and correlates it with the EXIF timestamps on your pictures. I don't have a GPS yet so I haven't played with it but it looks like a nice, manufacturer-independent way to get GPS tagging on your photos.

    Does anyone have any recommendations for general purpose GPS data loggers in the $150 range?
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