It's a neat toy, but I'm not interested. I have no problem figuring out where I am when I take a photo. And if I ever do need that information, the nav system on my phone can provide it. Paul
On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: > >> The whole thing seems like it's addressing a very limited market; how >> many people here at PDML have any interest in a GPS on their camera? > > I do, for $50. Not $250. Given that I can buy a GPS navigation device > with maps of the entire United States, with perpetual updates, and a > touchscreen, and so forth for $100, I'm not enthusiastic about paying > the Photographic Equipment Premium for a dedicated device. > >> Also, I'd be suspicious how well it works. Good GPS functionality on >> something that's normally switched off is a hard problem. It's a >> little easier for phones because they can get an initial rough fix via >> the cell network and other clues. But zeroing in starting from zero >> using only GPS signal is not, unless things have changed recently, a >> particularly well-solved problem. > > Things are a lot better than they used to be. The SIRF Star III chip, > which is widely used and has been out for a good while, has these > specs: > > Time To First Fix > Hot start - Autonomous <1 s > Warm start - Autonomous <35 s > Cold start - Autonomous <35 s > > -- > 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.
