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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / September 2006How to make a GPS device for a Nikon D200
As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_28.html > As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow > last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring > errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. > > http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_28.html Thanks Joshua! -Sam > http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d > 200_28.html Very cool. For your next mission, figure out how to do the same for my Garmin 60CSx and my Canon Rebel :)  Signaturewww.ericschreiber.com According to Cynicor <jt__rup__i_n@speak__easy.net>: > As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow > last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring > errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. > > http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_28.html I have one comment (other than the lack of photos to accompany the descriptions): You said: ====================================================================== "Now for testing purposes, strip and tin four 26/28 gauge wires." ====================================================================== A wire which is going to be crimped should *not* be tinned. It should be crimped onto the plain stranded wire. The solder compresses over time, making the crimp loose and resulting in poor connections. Of course, quality crimpers are better than cheap ones, and without a photo, I have to assume that you used a cheap one. While we're about it: ====================================================================== "- 2 or 3 DB9 female kits from Radio Shack. I would buy a spare DB25 female so you have extra crimp pins." ====================================================================== You can buy the pins in small bags of 100 each from any of the good electronics dealers -- including Mouser, Digi-Key, and the others. Far better than picking up connectors from Radio Shack. And I think your: ====================================================================== "- A 9-pin cover thingie" ====================================================================== probably means a connector backshell. Thanks for posting the information. Enjoy, DoN. SignatureEmail: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- > As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow > last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring > errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_28.html That is really cool. If I had a D200 I think I'd try it out. Greg > As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow > last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring > errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. > > http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_ > 28.html Another option, of course (and it works for all digitals), is to interpolate a location from your GPS tracklog data, using the shoot time in the image EXIF. Connect the camera to the GPS unit with software instead of wires. :-) The following gadget may well be of interest to you. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06080202sonygpscs1.asp Richard. >As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow >last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring >errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. > >http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_28.html >As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow >last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring >errors, let me know. I haven't found another step-by-step guide like this. > >http://cynicor.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-make-gps-device-for-nikon-d200_28.html I like it. This is what I want, if it weren't $395! http://www.redhensystems.com/products/video_collection_hardware/d2x-gps.asp Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms). That GPS unit that mounts on a Nikon D200 camera indeed looks like the ideal solution. However, I am still using a D100, so it is not for me--until I can swing a D200. Here is my solution to acquiring GPS data for my shots. 1. I have a Bluetooth enabled PocketPC and a Bluetooth GPS unit. 2. I wrote a software program for the PocketPC that will acquire the longitude, latitude and time (the time is from the PocketPc and not the GPS unit) when I press the right arrow button on the Pocket PC and display it on the screen. When I next press the enter button, it adds this information to a text file on the Pocket PC. 3. When I return home, I transfer the text file to my desktop computer where I can compare the GPS times to the times of the photos that I have also brought into the computer from the camera. Of course, it helps if I have synchronized the camera time and the PocketPC time. 4. For a graphical display, I can import this data into either of the mapping programs I have--Street Atlas USA or Microsoft Streets & Trips. The main drawback of this method is that I have to hold the PocketPC in my hand while using the camera, since if I put it in my pocket or in its case, some buttons get pressed that shouldn't get pressed. The GPS I put in my pants' pocket, and this works fine. Another problem is forgetting to record my position when taking a photo. This usually happens if I am rushing to make the shot or taking several shots quickly in sequence. >>As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow >>last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms). Don Wiss a écrit : >>As promised, I wrote this up during hour 4837 of my red-eye to Glasgow >>last night, and I have posted it on my blog. If it's got any glaring [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms). hello you need A mc35 cable that is connected both to the GPS and the D 2OO it costs around 125 € and it allows the D200 or D2X or D2 HS to record the position of each photo you take |
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