David Sparkes Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Does anyone have any experience, they would like to share, about GPS cameras? The generic basic description I'm aware of is a 'standard' hand held still camera, with a built-in GPS receiver that puts the Lat and Long of the camera position into the EXIF data of each shot. Some also have an internal Compass, so including directional information as well. Most of them appear to have some sort of video or Burst Shot mode. I'm not an ardent photographer, but if I'm to record features on Green Lanes then being able to go back to the same spot, or tell someone else where I was, seems like a positive benefit. For those like me, who don't know about such things, but might like to, I've detailed my first steps. To start somewhere for names and prices I searched on http://www.gpscameras.co.uk/ They offered links to Misco, Comet, John Lewis, Jessops, Dixons, Maplin Electronics, & Laskys Home Electronics. I selected Jessops http://tinyurl.com/cusndly. Shown here in price order, the Tinyurls link to the appropriate page on the manufacturers sites. Nikon Coolpix AW100 - http://tinyurl.com/c6byl58 £329.95 Pentax Optio WG-1 GPS - http://tinyurl.com/d4w2evx £299.95 Fujifilm Finepix F600EXR - http://tinyurl.com/c8tcgqp £249.95 Fujifilm Finepix F550EXR - http://tinyurl.com/bou8r2q £229.95 Casio Exilim EX-H20G - http://tinyurl.com/c9qaubu £199.95 Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20 - http://tinyurl.com/5ucfz8s £189.95 Samsung WB650 - http://tinyurl.com/bv9yb9o £149.95 Regards, David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 My iPhone does it and I'm sure other smart phones do too its good for working out where I took pictures as you say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_s Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Sony Alpha a55 has GPS logging capability if you want a dSLR. I turned it off straight away to save battery power..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 My Nokia N8 has these abilities - it is a f2.8 28mm Carl Zeiss Tessar lens with a Xenon Flash. The sensor is 1/1.83″ and the max ISO is 1200. It's an aluminium chassis. It's also a phone and SatNav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazelle Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 There are also Geotagging WIFI SD cards available to add to existing cameras. Just be aware that some of these (such as the eye-fi) work only on identifying the WIFI networks around and are very unlikely to do what you want. I don't know if some of the cameras work the same way. Something to ask/check. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Hmmm, Thanks, It looks as though phones are another option to look at. Although, using Expansys as an example, a Nokia N8 is £420 as an outright purchase. Although phones can be 'free' if bought as part of a contract, I've always found that when the contract term is taken into account, the phones tend to be expensive. It's a bit like buying on Hire Purchase. Using Phones4U as an example, charges range between 24 months at £20.50 (£492), and 18 months at £31.00 (£558). Of course, there is some variation in Speech minutes, Texts, and Data Allowances. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 How about a decent camera and a GPS and just take a picky of the GPS occasionally? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialbikejames Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 The main daw back with the GPS logging cameras is the hefty battery drain, most people just seem to turn it off. Not sure if it's worth swapping battery life for a function with dubious worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyninety Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 nokia N900 smart phone, much like a very small laptop (it far far exceeds all other smart phones, its open source and runs on linux) can do GPS and also it has a 6 axis accelerometer to detect well.. 6 axis worth of information! Most blackberrys, my old Curve 3G could gps tag pictures and my current Bold 9780 will also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wack61 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I use a road hawk in my van to video the numpties A16gb sd card will record about 24 hrs video, when the card is inserted into a pc it plays the video alongside a scrolling map showing speed and position captured by the on board gps £199 http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhawk-dc-1-in-car-camera.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 That looks pretty neat How good is it after dark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruuman Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I can recommend the Olympus iTough range of camera's, mine is the older model, but fell out my pocket on a mud monsters special stage, got run over by many trucks, the field was then used for grass track racing and was run over a lot more, then was found 3months later after all the snow had melted at Xmas, turned on and took a picture new version has builtin GPS http://www.dpreview....11/3/2/olytg810 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wack61 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 That looks pretty neat How good is it after dark? The one I have is the previous model, night vision is ok with the lights on , the new one is meant to be better I bought it to record what happens in front of me in case of an accident Something that happened within a week of me getting it http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=ZSp1n11DP7w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The one I have is the previous model, night vision is ok with the lights on , the new one is meant to be better I bought it to record what happens in front of me in case of an accident Something that happened within a week of me getting it http://m.youtube.com...h?v=ZSp1n11DP7w Link doesn't seem to work for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Link doesn't seem to work for me? try this instead I think the other link was a mobile one Ross. Shows how good the cameras are, now are there enough days left before christmas for me to convince santa I've been a good boy? Probably not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I will try it at home.... youtube is blocked at work . Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 yo don't need a GPS Camera what you need is: that can record track data at a per second level One GPS unit One Camera with EXIF info One Laptop One clever piece of software basically you plug the GPS unit and the Camera into the laptop, and the laptop syncs the time of each of the three pieces of hardware to the nearest 1/10th of a second or so. you then just start the GPS unit to create a track. Then every time you take a photo, the camera records the exact time you took it. When you've finised for the day you re-sync the camera, GPS and laptop. The software pulls the GPS track along with the time stamped photos and compares the time to the GPS track to work out exactly where you were- it can then write the GPS data to the EXIF info. Its amamzingly simple in practice, and works really really well and is no more work then just normally downloading your photos from your camera. I used it with an in -car PC wihlst travelling and used the car GPS as the track recorder, but you can happily just a handheld portable GPS device in a pocket! once i get home i will see if i can find the piece of software! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Jim was it this http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/ or this http://geotag.sourceforge.net/ maybe? or even http://www.pictomio.de/Default.aspx would be interested to here what you used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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