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Am I the only one "put out" about no GPS in R5 or R6?

Started Aug 21, 2020 | Discussions thread
Peter Kwok
Peter Kwok Senior Member • Posts: 2,635
Re: Am I the only one "put out" about no GPS in R5 or R6?
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I am trying to understand your situation.

Stig Nygaard wrote:

In my experience the Camera Connect "solution" work like sh*t. I gave it up on both G5XII and EOS 90D (The later which I tried for a short period, but are back to 7DII for several reasons including this).

As far as I know, your G5XII and 90D are both equipped with Digic8, like the R and RP. GPS location transfer is done over Bluetooth. No need to manually log or transfer location info over WiFi. The Camera Connect app is confusing on this.

Not only does Camera Connect requires Bluetooth enabled on both devices, draining battery from both devices. The solution is also surprisingly unstable, unreliable and inaccurate.

Bluetooth, in general, is very low power. It is designed for tiny ear buds with very little space for batteries.  This is very different from GPS receivers, which was the size of a refrigerator back in the early 1980s.  They were only available for warships.  It took several years before their size was small enough for fighter planes.

BT connection between my EOS R and my LG phone is very stable. Are you running both your 90D and G5XII at the same time?

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