Dedicated GPS

[wolfcat]

Up until this morning... when my new toy arrived, I would create track files on my phone ( previously an N95-8gb, using sports tracker ), then with my HTC Desire, using My Tracks, which I would export out as GPX files, then merge the GPX Files with the Raw images to insert the geodata...

but no more...

Now I have a dedicated GPS for the camera... ( My gps count inc my wifes phone is now, 5 )

After a quick play it grabbed my location in under a minute ( when its last location was China ), elevation seems to take a few min to settle down... but more reports on that later...

Here is my Solmeta Geotagger Pro mounted on my D90 (Click for bigger )



and as you can see in the image, the Nikon shows the geodata when you look at the image.... my work flow just got a lot shorter.

[Meso]

So it adds the location the photo was taken to the exif data? I'm a little confused sorry!

Congrats on the purchase tho, you seem pretty happy with it

How much extra weight does it add?

[wolfcat]

yes, it writes lat, long, alt and heading ( so I know which was I was facing ) and speed to each shot. This is straight to the raw shots as well as the JPG shots as I shoot raw/jpg

it only weights 55grams so isn't noticeable on the camera really.

[AUSSKY]

and the scarey question is ......how much??

[wolfcat]

and $300 was the cost....

about the same price as the nikon gp1 model, but does a lot more... and the gps is way betterer as well

mine also has data logging functions as well, plus the display and heading and tilt (and an inbuilt battery), none of which the GP1 does. So I am happy with the price....

but please feel free to visit my redubble account ( in the sig ) to help me pay for it

[wolfcat]

first initial review of the device is up on the blog...

so far so good...

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