theFool
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Re: GPS receiver with D300
malch
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I certainly didn't mean to suggest the price was "unfair". But it is
more than a lowly amateur with three kids to support can justify
spending to geotag a few vacation snaps.
I was just asking whether you thought it was unfair, not implying that you did think so. And apropos "lowly amateur" ... what should I say? - I wanted such a bluetooth Geotagging solution so bad that I decided to spend thousands of Euros (that was as a lowly amateur, when I was still a University Student!!) and go out on a limb and produce it professionally myself, and make it available for everyone else wishing for this wireless freedom.
And, then, for those of us in the US, the Euro is really starting to
suck
Tell me about it. I've only had one customer from the US!! - that was one of the first ones - he bought one of my latest (fully functional) "prototypes".
the problem is not only the Euro, but on top of that that US citizens are used to paying about the same amount in Dollars for photo gear that we here have to pay in Euros (just check out the D3 price: $5000 and here almost 5000 Euro which is almost $7500)
So I have almost no chance of reaching US customers, as it would be against my Nature of a European to give US-Customers a lower price than the rest of the world.
Keep in mind I'd have to buy a Bluetooth capable receiver too.
yeah, but those are dirt cheap these days. you can get good new ones for less than $50, and if you'd look for one on ebay, you'll get them for much less.
I'd probably cave in at $100 but you shouldn't consider me a serious
market!
I guess not
If I was a pro and traveliing a great deal, I'd buy one in a
heartbeat because I think you have nailed the PERFECT application for
Bluetooth and justifying the investment would be a no-brainer!
do you hear that, all you pro's out there reading this thread?
Although I think the same, I didn't write that!
The Sirf III is excellent -- it has a
lot
of very satisfied fans.
Gisteq claim that Nemerix does a slightly better job of tracking
slow-moving targets (i.e. a photographer on foot versus an automobile
on the freeway). Of course, Gisteq saying so, doesn't make it true.
But I have seen some corroborating tests and evidence (at GPSPassion,
I think).
The Gisteq Phototrackr uses the Nemerix and I was truly impressed
with the sensitivity, tracking and accuracy as well as their very
smart approach to power management. Sadly, the mechanical engineering
and software sucks.
Ah, OK, I see your point...
I guess I'll buy some GPS devices some time next year, to test for quality and compatibility with my device..
But I tell you something, I was at a 40 Year anniversary of the ESOC of the ESA (European equivalent of "Houston" of NASA), and all the highest guys of the ESA gave talks, and one of the main topics was the new Galileo project, which will make the GPS system entirely obsolete, with its 0.5 meter accuracy That's what I'm really looking forward to!!!
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