Well - I just ordered (an payed for) one anyway. The dpreview review said that it will write data directly into the images (meta data). This is GREAT NEWS. Bravo Pentax! I wanted such a device for YEARS. At 219 Euros (in Gernany) it will save me a lot of time, provided there's no need for after syncronization.
Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jul 3, 2011 11:34 "Jens" <[email protected]> wrote: > Finally Pentax is offering a GPS Unit for the Flash Hot shoe. > The Pentax O-GPS1. > It should be available this month. > > According to reiews it's quite advanced - with a compas (records the > shooting direction) and more. > > As a matter of fact I allready own three third party units, among > which is a nice Columbus (which has a memory card for long trips) and > a JOBO, a hot-shoe unit, that will track only when the shutter is > fired - that is provided that the shutter speed is not faster than > flash sync speed. In order to deal with this flaw it has a tracking > button which I can press from time to time, whenever I'm using faster > shutter speeds. Not bad - but it still requires some annoying > syncronizing in the computer after the shooting. This is time > consuming and a really a PITA having to do this. > > What I really whish for is a unit that will write the GPS data > directly into the Meta Data of my image files ON THE FLY. No after > syncronising at the computer. Something like the unit Nikon is > offering for thier DSLR's. I'd gladly pay a freat deal of money for a > unit like this for my K-5!!! > > I wonder if the new Pentax GPS Unit can do this. Otherwise I'd > probably not be interested in buying one. Do you guys know how the > Pentaxit works? > > Regards > Jens > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
