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Re: Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing

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Post by nradov » Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 3:39 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #390

4ad wrote: post #384

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Erm, my Garmin GPSMAP 64 can get a fix after a reboot in about one second. And if I didn't boot it in a few months it takes 15 seconds tops. You are thinking of very old and very crappy GPSes. Today GPSes not only get a fix very quickly, but don't even use much battery. My Garmin records tracks continuously through daylight for several days until I have to replace the two AA batteries. [1] https://buy.garmin.com/en-U…

Thanks. I'd expect better performance out of bespoke hardware than a camera feature. That's why if GPS was really something I wanted, I'd get a handheld GPS because it's less than the bulk and weight of many lenses.

An accurate GPS receiver literally weighs a few grams now. I have one in my wristwatch. Weight and bulk aren't valid reasons to leave GPS out of cameras.

Re: Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing

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Post by brudgers » Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 11:34 PM UTC

nradov wrote: post #391

brudgers wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. I'd expect better performance out of bespoke hardware than a camera feature. That's why if GPS was really something I wanted, I'd get a handheld GPS because it's less than the bulk and weight of many lenses.

An accurate GPS receiver literally weighs a few grams now. I have one in my wristwatch. Weight and bulk aren't valid reasons to leave GPS out of cameras.

I don't disagree. For me, if I really cared about GPS, I would buy a GPS and drop it in a pocket. I would not tie a camera decision to its availability or unavailability because GPS does not really affect how I rate the quality of my photographs. On the other hand, if I was taking crime scene photographs where geolocation had evidentiary value, then my concerns might be different.

Re: Dumb Things Camera Companies are Still Doing

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Post by FireBeyond » Mon, Oct 02, 2017, 5:01 PM UTC

ksk wrote: post #322

FireBeyond wrote: post #268

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> Bluetooth LE devices can have upto a year of battery life ! Bluetooth LE is highly unsuitable, if not impossible, to use with high bandwidth applications (like dumping a 40MB+ file to a remote destination potentially dozens of times a minute or more).

It is eminently suitable as a signal for remote shutter release, which was the context of my comment.

Ahh, in that context, which re-reading, I see... definitely.