Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-03-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Well, Damn. On 2/9/2011 9:28 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/425/947/html/017.jpg.html Dario -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-23 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-02-23 15:45, Jens wrote: I know, I own a JOBO hot shoe GPS unit. If shutter speeds are faster thank sync speed, I just need to press a button to record the coordinates. Not a big deal. The software will alsos designate your shots to the nearest actual recordings, if not all your images

Re: Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-23 Thread Jens
robably interferes with the antenna's reception of the satellite > >> > signals. > >> > > >> > jm > >> > > >> > -Original Message- From: eckinator > >> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:36 AM > >> >

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread eckinator
yep that is what I have my eTrex Legend for - it upsets me somewhat though that the Oregon was announced just a few days after I bought mine and that once again just recently when I had to buy a smartphone the Garmin-Asus nüvifone A50 had just become unavailable from my cellular provider. free Garm

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread Thibouille
Ecke, this is exactly why I bought a 'real' gps (a Garmin GPsMap 60cx). It is not that much more expensive and it can be used a gps in car, trekking or cycling. It logs for 18 hours on two AA alkalines. 2011/2/11 eckinator : > I just read in a post about system-on-chip based smart phones that gps

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread eckinator
I just read in a post about system-on-chip based smart phones that gps activation is usually restricted to the higher power levels meaning a lot of other modules are also forcibly enabled and eating battery power. my motorola defy by way of example will not acquire first fix w/o the wwan module ena

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 11, 2011, at 12:17 AM, Eric Featherstone wrote: > I've used this in exactly that way. To combine the tracklog with the > photos I used Jeffrey Fiedl's geoencoding plugin. > http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps > > Seemed to work just fine. That's awesome. I already use a couple o

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 February 2011 11:52, Larry Colen wrote: > In that case, it should be fairly straightforward to set up an Android (or > iPhone) to record gps data periodically, and go from there.  I tried to see > if such a program already existed, but most of what I got was about using the > internal ca

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 February 2011 11:52, Larry Colen wrote: > In that case, it should be fairly straightforward to set up an Android (or > iPhone) to record gps data periodically, and go from there.  I tried to see > if such a program already existed, but most of what I got was about using the > internal ca

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-11 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 11 February 2011 00:52, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> On 11-02-10 2:34 PM, eckinator wrote: >>> maybe it listens for the shutter? =) >>> wouldn't it be enough to timesync and then match gps log time and exif >>> time in post? >> >> That's exactly

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Thibouille
GPSBabel would be useful in this case :) 2011/2/10 eckinator : > hope the output is some standard format like .nmea so you could to the > same with any old handheld > > 2011/2/10, Bruce Walker : >> On 11-02-10 2:34 PM, eckinator wrote: >>> maybe it listens for the shutter? =) >>> wouldn't it be en

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Thibouille
Bad idea IMO, siply because that would eat battery power like crazy, on both the logger and the camera. 2011/2/11 Glen Berry : > This seems like it would be a good application for blue tooth technology. > That is, if only Pentax cameras were built with blue tooth capability. You > would then only

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-02-10 2:34 PM, eckinator wrote: >> maybe it listens for the shutter? =) >> wouldn't it be enough to timesync and then match gps log time and exif >> time in post? > > That's exactly what some of these devices do. They simply record where

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Glen Berry
This seems like it would be a good application for blue tooth technology. That is, if only Pentax cameras were built with blue tooth capability. You would then only have to have the GPS unit near the camera, not connected to it. On 2/10/2011 2:13 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: eckinator mayb

RE: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Bob W
> That's exactly what some of these devices do. They simply record where > you've been at some predetermined rate (likely every few seconds). Then > back at home, software supplied with the device matches the images' > EXIF > times with your location log and updates the EXIF. > > So you shouldn't

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread eckinator
hope the output is some standard format like .nmea so you could to the same with any old handheld 2011/2/10, Bruce Walker : > On 11-02-10 2:34 PM, eckinator wrote: >> maybe it listens for the shutter? =) >> wouldn't it be enough to timesync and then match gps log time and exif >> time in post? > >

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-02-10 2:34 PM, eckinator wrote: maybe it listens for the shutter? =) wouldn't it be enough to timesync and then match gps log time and exif time in post? That's exactly what some of these devices do. They simply record where you've been at some predetermined rate (likely every few second

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread eckinator
maybe it listens for the shutter? =) wouldn't it be enough to timesync and then match gps log time and exif time in post? 2011/2/10, John Sessoms : > From: eckinator >> maybe it is just a data logger and only attaches to the hotshoe >> physically - there are others like it so it could just be reda

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator maybe it is just a data logger and only attaches to the hotshoe physically - there are others like it so it could just be redabged OEM who knows; I'll just wait and see =) 2011/2/10, John Sessoms : > Pentax doesn't trigger the hot-shoe at shutter speeds above sync. How > does th

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread eckinator
t;> > >>> > jm >>> > >>> > -Original Message----- From: eckinator >>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:36 AM >>> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> > Subject: Re: Pentax GPS accessory >>> > >

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread John Sessoms
satellite signals. > > jm > > -Original Message- From: eckinator > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:36 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax GPS accessory > > why don'y they make one with a hotshoe on top? > > 2011/2/9 Dario Bonazza :

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Eric Featherstone
For sure, the lens is a mock-only exhibition inside a case. The roadmap indicates they haven't pinned down the focal length yet either. On 10 February 2011 09:45, eckinator wrote: > short term gold is bullish again, too =) > > 2011/2/10 Eric Featherstone : >> On 9 February 2011 14:28, Dario Bonaz

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread eckinator
short term gold is bullish again, too =) 2011/2/10 Eric Featherstone : > On 9 February 2011 14:28, Dario Bonazza wrote: >> http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/425/947/html/017.jpg.html > > Note also: > The medium telephoto lens for 645D (details unknown) > http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 9 February 2011 14:28, Dario Bonazza wrote: > http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/425/947/html/017.jpg.html Note also: The medium telephoto lens for 645D (details unknown) http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/425/947/html/003.jpg.html And the 645D lens roadmap http://dc.watch.imp

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-10 Thread eckinator
iscuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax GPS accessory > > why don'y they make one with a hotshoe on top? > > 2011/2/9 Dario Bonazza : >> >> http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/425/947/html/017.jpg.html >> >> Dario >> >> -- >

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-09 Thread John Mullan
Probably interferes with the antenna's reception of the satellite signals. jm -Original Message- From: eckinator Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:36 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax GPS accessory why don'y they make one with a hotshoe on top? 2011

Re: Pentax GPS accessory

2011-02-09 Thread eckinator
why don'y they make one with a hotshoe on top? 2011/2/9 Dario Bonazza : > http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/425/947/html/017.jpg.html > > Dario > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vi