Very cool! Especially with it being integrated. I'll be really interested to see if this becomes more common, or if it's more of a marketing novelty.
If only you shot Nikon, you'd be all set! After you and I did the Wind River trip and I saw how you were mashing up your GPS track with your images, I looked around to see if there was a solution that would automate the process. Nikon offers this 10-pin to serial GPS cable for its higher end DSLRs, including my D2X - http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/ProductDetail.page?pid=25314.
At first, I figured it would be a pretty messy setup with my eTrex Vista tethered to the D2X via the MC-35 and Vista's cable. You can see how ugly that setup is here. I thought the setup with the Geko and Red Hen adapter - shown above the MC-35 setup - looked much better for field use.
Then I came across this post on DPReview showing how to convert the MC-35 to a bluetooth enabled device. It goes 10-pin to serial to serial/bluetooth adapter on the camera, and that allows any bluetooth enabled GPS to wirelessly send data to the camera. Still a little clumsy with the MC-35 and serial-bluetooth adapter, but at least the two devices don't have to be tethered to each other.
Posted by Rene Pirolt on April 23, 2008 at 11:11 AM
I am eagerly awaiting the Canon 5D Mark II GPS
Posted by Craig Schultz on April 23, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Scott, I think we'll be waiting a LONG time... Canon doesn't even have built in intervolometers or make their on-board flash commanders for wireless flash setups. My S70 has a intervolometer for god sakes
I sure hope they do implement something like this, but it'll probably be a competitor that does it first
Craig
Posted by Scott Bacon on April 23, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Craig, I couldn't agree with you more. I'm certainly not holding my breath... Someday...
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4 repliesIf only you shot Nikon, you'd be all set!
At first, I figured it would be a pretty messy setup with my eTrex Vista tethered to the D2X via the MC-35 and Vista's cable. You can see how ugly that setup is here. I thought the setup with the Geko and Red Hen adapter - shown above the MC-35 setup - looked much better for field use.
Then I came across this post on DPReview showing how to convert the MC-35 to a bluetooth enabled device. It goes 10-pin to serial to serial/bluetooth adapter on the camera, and that allows any bluetooth enabled GPS to wirelessly send data to the camera. Still a little clumsy with the MC-35 and serial-bluetooth adapter, but at least the two devices don't have to be tethered to each other.
I sure hope they do implement something like this, but it'll probably be a competitor that does it first
Craig