Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I read in I think the outdoor photography magazine that GPS is also a great benefit and boom to photography. The thing we are supposed to be talking about here on the LUG. Landscape photography they were saying. Large tracts of the US and I'm sure the whole world were not being photographed with any frequency or at all because no one is all that happy about driving somewhere and getting lost; running out of gas; and terrible things which only happens to the nicest of people. Now people are venturing out much more into less charted sites and bringing back shots. I love the idea of my shots having GPS stuff in its metadata as in many cases the shots really depend on the where not just the what... Does it look like. As the "where" defines the what. What we are looking at. I have so many shots of the Missouri river on my May 99 Lewis and Clark trip shot with my Leicas and tri x that its not even funny but its all gray nameless water; with the GPS we can give those ripples a name!!!! mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:05:36 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] GPS Units > > Steve, > > Aren't you carrying your Mac prejudices a bit far? GPS units are self > contained, though I understand that some have an ouput > that can be fed to a digital camera so one can tell where the picture > was taken. I see NO references to PC or Mac in any > of my GPS files and reference materials. > > GPS units are of great benefit for driving, blue water sailing or hiking > as long as you have a source of power. > > Jerry > > > Steve Barbour wrote: >> >> On Aug 28, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> LUG: >>> >>> Does anybody on the group have any experience with handheld GPS >>> units? I'm looking for one to take hiking - and photographing! >>> Garmin has the Oregon 400t which sounded good at first but some of >>> the reviews are not so good. Their old one is the 60CSX which >>> supposedly has a better screen but not as many features for hiking. >>> They are pretty expensive so I don't want to make a mistake and get >>> the wrong one. >> >> >> please comment too on whther they are Mac or Win compatible....I am >> interested too, for mac...thanks, Steve >> >> >>> >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> T > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information