Hello list Once again on geotagging: I seem to ownn three different GPS photo units at the moment: 1) i-GotU (HAMA) i surprisingly easy to use, but it has a limited memory, which does not allow for longer trips. At Google/a-trip.com all geotagged images I ever made using i-GotU seem to be visible at the same time, which is annoying. 2) Columbus v-900. It very nice and also stores POI's and voice messages.It has a slot for memory cards, which enables it to log very long journeys. 3) I just ordered the JOBO Photo GPS, which goes into the flash hot-shoe and thus only records GPS-data, every time the shutter is released. This makes it a lot easyer to sync the images with the GPS position data afterwards. It's supposedly quite nice, but has a habit of falling out of the hot-shoe - so they say. And the momory is limited to 1000 shots/recorded positions. Not quite enough for me - for a long shooting day, which may result in 2000 shots. The Danish Pentax importer recommends this unit for Pentax users (since they import both brands :-).
I believe that Nikon and Canon are offering units, that will write GPS data directly into your image files as you go. I would love such accessories to be available for Pentax cameras :-). Unfortunately these are rather expensive. A normal GPS photo tracer - the kind that need to be edited in a computer before the data can actually go into the image files, will cost perhaps 100-200 USD. The Nikon GPS unit seems to sell for appr. 1200-1500 USD!!! Taiwanese ATP is offering a GPS unit, into which you, after the shooting, can push the SD card. The unit will then write GPS data into your image files. This unit unfortunately has a habit of takeing much too much time to find the sattelites and recieve the data. And theres a risk of error, since the data will not be checked or edited before going into the images. So, what can I do. Are there any obvious choices for Pentax cameras?? Will Pentax ever accomodate the use of GPS tracking devices, that will write GPS data in to the image files on the fly?? Will Samsung - they did announce a K-7 replica featuring GPS facilities, but this camera has never emerged in the market plaace. Regards Jens -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
