That Astrotracer is useful for the star gazes, but it's of no use if you're doing landscapes.
Cool use of the SR tech though. DS On 4 June 2011 14:37, Thibouille <pentaxl...@gmail.com> wrote: > DUnno if this has been posted yet. In japanese but pictures needs no > translation. > Most interesting are the 3 links Astrotracer etc near the bottom. > > http://www.pentax.jp/japan/products/o-gps1/ > > > 2011/6/2 Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com>: >> 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. >> >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs > ---------------------- > Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, > DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ > KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 > Mamiya C330+80/2.8 > Sekonic L-208 > FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes > > Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 > > Programing: Delphi 2009 > > -- > 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.
