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wilsoncpu Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: Recommend Auto-Geo-Tagging Camera or Camera Phone? |
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I would like my next digital camera to auto-geotag my pictures (so much simpler than the add-on processes, or - heaven forbid - trying to remember to write down where each pic was taken while on vacation!).
Even better would be a camera phone that did this, as long as the pictures taken were of good quality (5 Megapixel, nice lens), although I'm a strictly amateur photographer. (If it was a camera phone, one less thing to carry.)
Even better would be a camera phone that works in the US and Europe. (I bought a separate phone for Europe, pay-as-you-go.)
Any recommendations? Do any of the Nokia models I've heard a bit about do any or all of this?
Again:
Must take auto-geo-tagged pictures.
Better if phone.
Best if US + Europe phone.
Thanks!! |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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You can do this with a number of HTC based phones, the Artemis and Touch Cruise both do this with certain limitations, the Artemis uses the correnct Deg, Min values but messes up the seconds values, the Touch Cruise will not work correctly between zero degrees and one degree West for some strange reason. In both cases you need the reg edit the phone to enable the GPS Camera mode, oh and the cameras are not that good in terms of picture quality.
It is possible to use the Nikon Digital SLR (I cannot remember the exact model) with an accessory to do this and get stunning pictures - at a price - Mike |
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Privateer Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 30/12/2002 17:36:20 Posts: 4914 Location: Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi wilsoncpu,
to the forum!
I too would also like my next camera to have GPS capabilities for Geo-logging. Currently the Nikon D3 and D300 can do this when you use addition hardware. For further information have a look here.
Personally, I'm going to wait a bit, as I'm sure that a lot more cameras (SLRs and Compacts) will get GPS built-in, once the manufactures see that GPS is a requirement of more and more people. Hopefully prices will also drop!
Regards, _________________ Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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There are already a couple of compact digital cameras with GPS. Ricoh even offer one that has GPS AND is waterpoof. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wilsoncpu Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | There are already a couple of compact digital cameras with GPS. Ricoh even offer one that has GPS AND is waterpoof. |
Could you provide any details? Such as other brand names, or even recommended models? One Ricoh I see is $1800 and only 3 Megapixel; GE is coming out with one later this year, but that's no help now. What do people think of the Nokia phone/cameras? Or do those not really have auto-geotagging? |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Ricoh 500SE
Ricoh G3
Altek GPS camera
I'm sure Casio have one but can't find reference to it now! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wilsoncpu Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Better and better... Unfortunately, from what I read the two Ricoh cameras are actually "GPS-ready", not ""GPS-enabled", in the sense that they have connectors allowing the attachment of a GPS device, but have no GPS chip already inside. Which raises the question: how much extra would the GPS device be? (Plus it's another thing to pack/forget/break, )
And the Altek article says "when it hits the market", and "if the image quality is up to snuff", indicating it's not yet available, so we don't know how good the shots will be.
So it seems right now the Ricoh's are the closest now available, just with an unknown extra cost for the GPS add-on.
(Unless someone with a Nokia can clear up their geotagging potential.) |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ah yes, my bad, I hadn't realised the GPS was clip on on the 500SE It retails at £674.98 inc VAT.
Your other option and one that works very well is to use a Geotagging Bluetooth GPS. See a review of one we did recently here. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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wilsoncpu Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | Ah yes, my bad, I hadn't realised the GPS was clip on on the 500SE It retails at £674.98 inc VAT.
Your other option and one that works very well is to use a Geotagging Bluetooth GPS. See a review of one we did recently here. |
I've seen those mentioned before. Of course, I'm lazy, so I'd rather the camera do all the work, tagging the shots as I go, rather than me having to do two separate data downloads. (Plus, I have a Mac, so that's one more irritation.) I suppose I'll wait until I find a fully-integrated model of some sort. (Who knows, a random Nokia owner may give us the low-down on their qualifications!) |
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