Product Description
SPECIFICATIONS:* Recording time: approx. 0.2 sec.
* Storage capacity: approx. 1 000 recorded locations.
* Accuracy: approx. 10 m.
* Geo-data: via Tele Atlas map material (country, city, street, POI).
* Camera connection: standard hot-shoe (ISO 518:2006).
* Supported file formats: JPEG, RAW with XMP sidecar file.
* Power supply: internal rechargeable Li-poly battery (120 mAh).
* Status information: via 2 LEDs.
* PC connection: USB 2.0.
* Battery charging: via USB 2.0.
* GeoHint button.
* Supported operating systems: Windows XP (SP2) and Vista (SP1), MAC available from 2008.
* Dimensions: 68 x 20 x 43 mm (excl. adapter).
* Weight: 80 g.
* Incl. USB cable, CD-ROM with photoGPS matching software, organizer and viewing software.
I have a Nikon D90 and purchased a GP-1 to do the geotagging. The GP-1 was terrible. It could take more than 30 seconds to get a fix and worse yet was that very often it would not get a signal. I found myself spending a lot of time just waiting. Another thing that I did not like was the cable that connects the GPS unit to the camera is suseptible to being moved in the normal course of handling the camera and this movement is then transferred to the connector in the camera, potentially creating a loose conection over time.
The JOBO, on the other hand has not yet failed to get a signal. Better still is that there is no waiting. Just shoot as normal and the JOBO wakes up and captures the GPS coordinates and logs them into the unit. The connection on the D90 is snug enough to hold it into place with being too snug.
There is no need to syncronize the clock on your camera to the JOBO because the GPS coordinates are paired to your photos by the time interval between shots... and it works well.
Sidecar (.xmp) files are created during the matching process and additional IPTC information is downloaded on street address, city, state and country. Nearby points of interest are also recorded. If you use Adobe Lightroom 2 then you have some choices that are rather nice. You can delete the .xmp after you have imported your photos into your catalog or you can keep them. Apparenty the data in the .xmp file is written into the .lrcat file. If you keep them then you'lll be albe to see the GPS and related IPTC information in the RAW file. If you delete them then you will not see that information in the RAW but, with either choice, the GPS and IPTC information gets written into the jpg files.
Lightroom has many features and one that I find very convenient is the export presets. I direct Lr2 to rename the file to the IPTC address keywords plus a sequential number. So after processing the RAW files and as I export them to .jpg, they get renamed from _DSC0001.nef to, for example, "Belfair State Park 001.jpg".
I highly recommend the JOBO over the GP-1 anyday and to anyone.
Bought the Jobo Photo GPS for use with my canon cameras. The mac software looked promising until I tried to make some use of the GPS data in Apple's Aperture. There doesn't seem to be a way to get the GPS data into the program.
A quick experiment with Adobe Lightroom confirmed that worked fairly well.
The question you have to ask yourself is how much fooling around are you willing to put up with in order to have geo-tagged photos? First you have to charge the unit with the supplied USB cord. Then you have to use up the hot shoe on your camera. The unit doesn't seem too well connected to my Cannon 1Ds Mk III or 5D. Extra care needs to be taken so that it doesn't go flying off. Then you have to copy the images to your hard drive and run their utility before importing to a compatible photo library program.
I think I'm going to wait until the next generation of digital cameras has GPS built in. Taking great photos is complicated enough without adding more gadgets.
I bought this after alot of research of geo-tagging solutions. I would have preferred to have a solution that wrote directly to the XMP file but those solutions were twice the price and required a cable between the logger and the camera (not very elegant, although others out there swear by those solutions). At this price point this unit works very well. It syncs to the satellites quickly and is very accurate. Yes, it does add an extra step to your import and post processing workflow but it is not terribly time consuming and doesn't really seem to slow me down. I found this to be a very good value compromise and I highly recommend this unit.
I had originally thought of buying the Nikon GPS for my D90 but when I was trying to order one they weren't in stock yet. What few reviews I read on the Nikon unit only gave them middle of the road reviews. I had read early about the JOBO PhotoGPS and the reviews were great as they are here on Amazon.
It acquires a fix very fast. I would say in less than 1 second. It has even gotten a fix in my house. Reviewers post that their unit fits loosely on their camera's hotshoe. But I have found mine to have a very snug fit where it will not come off the camera until I remove it. The software is easy to use to tag your photo's.
I have read that some people find it less than satisfactory as these GPS units don't show direction. My hand held Garmin unit won't show direction either if I'm not moving. And I don't see any need to know what direction the camera was pointing in in a photo. But this unit captures latitude, longitude and altitude. The info says it is accurate within 10 meters, which is normal for any GPS, but I have found it accurate within several feet.
I'm very pleased with the JOBO PhotoGPS and find it very accurate and very easy to use.
The GPS in this unit is fast and accurate, which is the primary reason you pay twice what other units cost. It typically takes only a second for the little green light to shine, indicating a lock when outdoors. It has a "hint" button that you can press before entering a building. This will be used if a satellite lock is impossible.
The software supplied with the unit works pretty well. It not only tags the long and lat, it does altitude also. And it will also insert points of interest into your file. It also supports RAW, which is one of the reasons I bought it, by creating XMP sidecar files that Adobe products can use. There are two problems with this, though. The first, and the worst, is that it creates new XMP files; it doesn't insert the geotag data into existing files. That means that after downloading with the Adobe downloader, you have to put off looking at your photos until running the JOBO PhotoGPS program. If you use Bridge or ACR first, your changes are wiped out. This is a major oversight. The next big problem is you MUST have an Internet connection to run the software. It does make sense, because the PhotoGPS program has to query an online database for POI info. However, you cannot disable this. This mean that if you are on safari, etc., you can neither download your GPS data or work with your images. The capacity of the unit is 1024 captures, which means about two days of heavy shooting. It is doubly annoying that the database doesn't include Chile, the place I bought the GPS to work in. And even so, I must be online to geotag. (The database does include the USA, and the database is quite thorough there.)
Lacks: (1) No online manuals. I had to wait to get the product to see how it actually worked. And once I installed the program, it gave me a link to the manual which is on the JOBO website. It should be freely available. (2) No list of areas covered by the data base. (3) The unit's flash drive isn't visible. Again, you must be online for the software to geotag.
Serious problem: As another reviewer said, though the unit will fit cameras with a hot shoe (I have a 5D Mark II), it is quite loose. Sling the camera over your shoulder and the unit goes flying. I've resorted to tape. JOBO should have put some rubber on the foot of the unit or come up with some other securing measure. My unit has already fallen about 5 times, gotten lost in the car twice, and broken open once. Happily, it snapped together.
Good point: When download completes, there will be a KLM file in your tagged directory. You can use this file, so I'm told, with GPS Babel and other programs to do geotagging outside of the supplied software.
Would I recommend it? Yes, with cavets.
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About Jobo Photo GPS Geo Tagging Flash Shoe detail
- Brand: Jobo
- Model: JDJSP007
- Dimensions: .40 pounds
Features
- Capture geo-data on site (with the JOBO photoGPS).
- Automatically combine GPS and location data with pictures (using included Matching software).
- Search, sort and organize all pictures acc. to country, city, street (using included Organizer software).
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