Nikon’s GP-1 now available!
December 2nd, 2008 by Dan Bodenstein
Nikon GP-1 GPS
Nikon has finally released it geotagging dongle for several DSLR models. The dongle attaches to the flash hot-shoe, and automatically geotags your photos. Latitude, longitude, elevation and time are recorded to the meta data on your photographs.
Priced at $240, the GP-1 GPS is available for the D200, D3, D700, D90, D300 or the D3X. A single LED on the dongle tells you its status and whether it has a satellite signal. It comes with the necessary cable to connect it to your camera and doesn’t have to be attached to the hot-shoe. It also comes with a Strap adapter to connect it to your camera strap.
According to Nikon it takes about 45 seconds to acquire a satellite signal from a cold start, and 5 seconds from a hot shoe start.
This is a great gift for any Nikon enthusiast who travels a lot.
Check out Nikon’s GP-1 page for more information.
Comments
I wondered if Nikon would ever come out with a geo-tagging system. The only problem I can see with it, is that it takes up the hotshoe… so obviously they thought you would not use flash and geo-tag, which isn’t always the case… thanks for the info!
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