GPS for 5D3

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Re: GPS for 5D3
In reply to bhollis, 3 months ago

bhollis wrote:

Damon Lynch wrote:

Even assuming the phone GPS recording does work perfectly far away from a cellphone tower, I don't understand how you can workaround the problem of its limited battery life without relying on extra sources of power. Being able to swap batteries on a dedicated GPS unit of some kind is pretty helpful in such situations.

There are a number of ways of extending battery life. With the Geotag Photos Pro app, you can select the frequency with which your position is tagged--every 30 seconds, every minute, etc. Reducing the tagging frequency substantially increases battery life. Another option, which will give the greatest battery life, is to have the app tag your position only when you tell it to. Hence, if you spend a long time at the same location, you only tag once, whereas if you're moving around, you can tag each time you change position.

Or, you can use any logger that records .gpx files and then software that tags to the EXIF. A decent logger will happily run for a couple of days on a AA battery. Beats a phone solution IMHO.

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