Good GPS camera?
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November 18th, 2009
My dad wants to get a camera with built-in gps. They do a lot of traveling abroad, and think it would be great. I have Googled, but surprisingly few helpful links have come up. Anyone have one of these? I am not interested in the detached gps or software that is separate from the camera.
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the above are in fact the only two models sold in the US wiht built in GPS. I suspect it is because battery life would fall dramatically if people used it on every shot.
If you don’t want to be stuck with a camera that takes poor images but has a GPS you should consider an eye-fi SD card.
It’s an SD card that has WiFi, and GPS crammed into it! I think only the explore and pro have unlimited GPS at the moment. It’s definitely worth a look though!
Eye-Fi
I had a Sony HX5V which is a wonderful camera and includes GPS.
However, I recently got a Canon PowerShot S100. It is unbelievable. It is one of the smaller cameras yet it packs an incredible punch. I used it recently on a trip across Europe and it is a fantastic traveling camera.
Check my Europe photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdada (past the first 6, all Europe photos were taken with the canon) . I used the S95 in my trip, which you can find for about $290. but the S100 came out a few weeks ago and it includes GPS capability.
This camera is so good, that I hardly use my Nikon DSLR anymore
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