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Digital camera with GPS capability
Mr. Strat wrote:
In article .com, wrote: During my recent trip in the wilderness, our corporate sponsor organization brought a digital camera which is equipped with GPS insert. Each photos will have the coordinates of the location where it was taken, and is shown at the bottom of each picture. The camera is a Caplio Ricoh Pro G3. I think the camera is a few years old, as I recall that it was also available during my previous trips. However, I could not find this particular camera model in the web. They have shown the G3, but I wonder about the difference between them (Pro G# vs. G3). I also recall that the new Ricoh 500SE is GPS ready. I also heard about the new Pentax Optio WPi, which can also be used to record GPS. What about other brand name cameras, such as Nikon and Canon? Do they all have the capabilities to receive coordinate data from a GPS transmitter nearby (via blue tooth or infra red), or in the case of Caplio Pro G3, it was some kind of GPS card receiver inserted directly in the special chamber in the camera. Anyone knows whether other professional digital cameras have this capability? Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. Useless? To YOU maybe. I am sure that if you use your camera in a studio, or your home, this isn't a feature you would want to pay for. However, for MY purposes, it would be a very valuable feature. You aren't the only person in the world you know. |
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Digital camera with GPS capability
Willy Eckerslyke wrote:
Mr. Strat wrote: Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. That's a matter of opinion. Having spent quite a few days working out the grid references for upwards of 15,000 aerial photos, I could really use a GPS system that worked well. Trouble is, none that I've seen can accurately locate the subject area as opposed to the camera's position which may be half a mile away. http://www.pixaerial.com Half a mile! You REALLY need a better GPS. Mine is usually accurate to a few feet! If I go on a trip, and return home, it won't go to 00 until I actually put the car under the carport. Leaving it in the driveway (20 feet) won't do. |
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Digital camera with GPS capability
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:56:26 -0500, Ron Hunter wrote:
That's a matter of opinion. Having spent quite a few days working out the grid references for upwards of 15,000 aerial photos, I could really use a GPS system that worked well. Trouble is, none that I've seen can accurately locate the subject area as opposed to the camera's position which may be half a mile away. http://www.pixaerial.com Half a mile! You REALLY need a better GPS. Mine is usually accurate to a few feet! If I go on a trip, and return home, it won't go to 00 until I actually put the car under the carport. Leaving it in the driveway (20 feet) won't do. whoosh! If you're in your carport and take a picture of an object half a mile away (with a GPS enabled camera), does the "00" refer to the position of the camera or the position of the object? Now if you're using a camera that records the direction that the camera was pointing, and that can also record the subject's distance in the EXIF data, I suppose that the subject/object location can be determined with a trig. calculator. Not with a great deal of accuracy, but to a better resolution than half a mile. |
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Digital camera with GPS capability
On Oct 23, 4:17 am, Willy Eckerslyke
wrote: Mr. Strat wrote: Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. That's a matter of opinion. Having spent quite a few days working out the grid references for upwards of 15,000 aerial photos, I could really use a GPS system that worked well. Trouble is, none that I've seen can accurately locate the subject area as opposed to the camera's position which may be half a mile away.http://www.pixaerial.com Some of the real estate cameras have the capability to show the direction the camera is pointed and the angle. It won't directly show the location of the object, but with a GIS system and a little math .... |
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John Blessing observed
"The Spider Formally Seated Next To Little Miss Muffet" wrote in message ... You don't want GPS builtin. Why? Because it is going to be mediocre at best. It isn't an overly useful function if it takes 3 or 4 minutes for it to find the salellites, It also isn't very useful if it keeps loosing those satellites. You want something that is going to work and work well you want to invest in a good GPS system one that connects fast and can remain connected even under trees, unvalleies, in cities with buildings all around, etc. Just make sure that it can export the waypoint data and then you take that with one of the many free or for cost programs that will take that data compare the information to your photos and then embedd the data in to the images. e.g. http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/ Of course, I doubt any add-on GPS/software can tell what you are focussing on in relation to the camera position. Yes! Quick - patent it!! GPS position + direction of camera orientation + focussing distance, all in EXIF. How did we manage without? Mike [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis Some newsgroup contributors appear to have confused the meaning of "discussion" with "digression". |
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In article , Ron Hunter
wrote: Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. Useless? To YOU maybe. I am sure that if you use your camera in a studio, or your home, this isn't a feature you would want to pay for. However, for MY purposes, it would be a very valuable feature. You aren't the only person in the world you know. I do a wide variety of photography. But having coordinates of where I created an image is about as useful as shutter speed/f-stop information. |
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In article , Ron Hunter
wrote: Willy Eckerslyke wrote: Mr. Strat wrote: Just what digital cameras need - another useless feature. That's a matter of opinion. Having spent quite a few days working out the grid references for upwards of 15,000 aerial photos, I could really use a GPS system that worked well. Trouble is, none that I've seen can accurately locate the subject area as opposed to the camera's position which may be half a mile away. http://www.pixaerial.com Half a mile! You REALLY need a better GPS. Mine is usually accurate to a few feet! did you miss the part where he said 'aerial photos' ? unless the camera is aimed straight down, the position of the camera (in the plane) is only a very rough guide as to what is in the actual picture. |
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"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote in message
... wrote: What about other brand name cameras, such as Nikon and Canon? Do they Nikon's higher models, such as the D200/D300 and the D2/D3 series, can be connected to standard Garmin or Magellen GPS via an adaptor (MC-35) that plugs into the 10-pin connector used also for remote shutter release. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) That is not built-in GPS. But, given that built-in is going to be pretty bad I think that is probably a brilliant way to handle it. This way you don't pay for a crappy feature especially if you don't want GPS. The Spider -- Ignorance really is bliss, just look how happy President Bush is. |
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"John Blessing" wrote in message
... "The Spider Formally Seated Next To Little Miss Muffet" wrote in message ... You don't want GPS builtin. Why? Because it is going to be mediocre at best. It isn't an overly useful function if it takes 3 or 4 minutes for it to find the salellites, It also isn't very useful if it keeps loosing those satellites. You want something that is going to work and work well you want to invest in a good GPS system one that connects fast and can remain connected even under trees, unvalleies, in cities with buildings all around, etc. Just make sure that it can export the waypoint data and then you take that with one of the many free or for cost programs that will take that data compare the information to your photos and then embedd the data in to the images. e.g. http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/ Of course, I doubt any add-on GPS/software can tell what you are focussing on in relation to the camera position. -- John Blessing http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all businesses http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings for your meeting/class over the web. http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook, find/replace, send newsletters I knowing what the picture is matters when it comes to being able to show where you took the picture on a map because? The Spider -- Ignorance really is bliss, just look how happy President Bush is. |
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"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
... John Blessing observed "The Spider Formally Seated Next To Little Miss Muffet" wrote in message ... You don't want GPS builtin. Why? Because it is going to be mediocre at best. It isn't an overly useful function if it takes 3 or 4 minutes for it to find the salellites, It also isn't very useful if it keeps loosing those satellites. You want something that is going to work and work well you want to invest in a good GPS system one that connects fast and can remain connected even under trees, unvalleies, in cities with buildings all around, etc. Just make sure that it can export the waypoint data and then you take that with one of the many free or for cost programs that will take that data compare the information to your photos and then embedd the data in to the images. e.g. http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/ Of course, I doubt any add-on GPS/software can tell what you are focussing on in relation to the camera position. Yes! Quick - patent it!! GPS position + direction of camera orientation + focussing distance, all in EXIF. How did we manage without? Mike [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting] -- Michael J Davis Some newsgroup contributors appear to have confused the meaning of "discussion" with "digression". More important what the **** do you do with the other data beyond the latitude and longitude? Nothing is what. The Spider -- Ignorance really is bliss, just look how happy President Bush is. |
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