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binary visions wrote:
In any event, I honestly believe a Bluetooth enabled GPS receiver and a camera Bluetooth adapter is the best way to do this if you're looking for all-day, accurate geotagging. A good GPS receiver will get 20-30 hours of active time to a single battery, without hurting your camera battery life. That means a much more accurate geotag, since there's no signal re-acquisition. Many of the on-camera solutions (I don't know about the Nikon model) "wake up" with the camera metering, so if the camera has gone to sleep for a while, and you take a quick shot, the GPS won't have re-locked and you won't get a geotag.
You can take the receiver and put it somewhere out of the way (I have a little neoprene pouch I attached to my camera strap, which is convenient), so it's not using the hotshoe, there's nothing bulky hanging off the camera, no extra wires, etc. With companies like Aokatec producing reasonably priced Bluetooth camera adapters, it's not even that expensive - and the Bluetooth enabled GPS receiver can either be used for other devices (e.g. a highly accurate and battery-friendly GPS receiver for your phone or tablet), or you can upgrade just the GPS receiver if something better comes along, with the camera adapter staying the same.
Also, both Aokatec and Foolography's Bluetooth adapters have a remote release port, so even though you're using the 9-pin connector, you can still use a remote release.
edit: sjms, you don't have to sell me on that one! Virtually all of my vacations have been taken where there's no power, no cell phone reception, nothing. I don't think cell phone tagging is the right answer for the OP, just saying in general it's not terrible under the right circumstances....Show more →
actually I just thought at that location there is cell usage its just outside Queenstown, NZ. down the road though it goes to nil.
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