Pentax O-GPS1 GPS Unit For Pentax DSLR Cameras.
Also consider the privacy implications before you go shooting with one of these and upload the images to the web. It isn't beyond the bounds of possibility for websites to look at the GPS data attached to your uploads and start tracking where you go.
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Urgently need banning
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
it also functions as an astro-tracker...
Yet another reason for me to get the K5, have been thinking about astrophotography for a while, £230 is a bargain for that function alone.
Davex.
Dave
For this price you could get a very decent walkers GPS and note the postion and direction on a good old piece of paper. The system would then be compatible with any Pentax camera and burglar proof! In addtion you would never get lost
Dave
You wouldn't need the paper Dave. If the GPS can store track data, software is available to match the date and time between images and GPS tracks, then tag the image with the GPS data relating to that data and time.
I use a very old Garmin eTrex Vista, and it works fine, but it won't track stars .
Simples.
K.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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However th astro tracking feature using the sensor shift is a very interesting development. I'll wait for some user reviews before making my mind up.
Of course I'll need a K5 first....birthday treat in September
Me super, MX, LX, K5,DA 18-55WR, DA 17-70, DA 55-300, DA40 Ltd, FA50 1.4, Samsung D-Xenon 12-24,Samsung 100mm macro M50 1.7(x3), M28 3.5, M35 2.8, M100macro f4, M135 3.5(+others)
Hopefully this is not wishful thinking but thanks so much for posting this information here, no doubt thousands of people will find that information and follow this thread with much anticipation! Also may disappoint many people that just recently purchased a DSLR if its true and does it well!
And later, when he had looked at the specs in detail:
VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE! I think this will open up astrophotography to the masses - with a tripod anyone with a DSLR and this unit can photograph the sky. Too bad my Pentax does not have a magnetic SR system!
I think this will open up astrophotography to the masses
Never thought of myself as a mass before.
K5 is becoming more and more desirable, particularly as I`ve been researching astro mounts for the K20.
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Geo tagging I'm not interested in
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I thought .... Hmmmmm - Until I saw the PRICE!!!!
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283