That's so the satellite can see it. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:22:57 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r & 645D
On 2 June 2011 09:59, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, well. They were clearly reading our little GPS thread ... > > "Mounted on the hot shoe of select PENTAX digital SLR cameras,* the O-GPS1 > unit records latitude, longitude, altitude, and universal time coordinated > (UTC) of shooting locations with captured images. Image files with this GPS > data may be used to track shooting locations and review location data on a > personal computing device." > > http://goo.gl/qH4o6 > > They must have hacked the hotshoe interface to handle serial I/O from the > GPS. I suppose the hotshoe already talks to the flash serially, so they > have added the GPS as a serial device distinct from a flash. Clever! I don't > recall any of us coming up with that solution. > > A mere $249 US. Hmm, thanks, something I would like even at that price but really does it have to be quite this big? http://www.pentaximaging.com/images/temp/63442541041020616325727gpsmodule_genericdslr.jpg -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.