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<\/p>\nThe new integrated Aoka GPS receiver.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n
The new receiver integrates the data logger and receiver which I use. It’s a little wider but has the advantage that it’s impossible to forget to take the logger along with you, something I have managed once or twice. The drawback is that it drains more power from the camera’s battery as there is no separate logger battery to recharge. While I have not used it, the price is attractive. eBay asks $80, Amazon<\/a> has it for more. One Amazon review has some useful battery drain metrics.<\/p>\n The device (model AK-G1) fits the Nikon D4\/3\/2 in all their iterations, D800\/800E, D200\/300\/300s, D700 and Fujifilm S5Pro. There are other models to fit the Nikon D3100, D5000, D5100, D3200, D600 (model AK-G2), and the AK-G7 for the Nikon D7000, both costing $80 on eBay. The AK-G9 for the Nikon D90 has no integrated data logger ($40 – eBay) so a separate logger would have to be used.<\/p>\n The only failures I have had with mine result from ‘canyons’ in the city shading the satellite or not giving the device the 2-3 seconds to wake from sleep after a period of inactivity. I have also found that the older D2X is far faster at re-displaying the ‘GPS’ flag on the top LCD display than is the D700. So much for progress. The new device looks like a better mousetrap, especially as my separate logger can only support one camera at a time. Switch the D2X and the D700 on simultaneously and the D2X grabs and hogs the signal every time. The one logger cannot simultaneously drive two camera receivers.<\/p>\n Here’s the device on a Nikon DSLR – stock photo from the maker; I’m guessing it’s a D300:<\/p>\n As a friend of the blog and GPS expert points out, as GPS technology improves the advantage of these devices is that they can be inexpensively upgraded rather than having to buy a new camera body.<\/p>\n For comparison, here’s the earlier unit attached to the D2X, along with the small, separate data logger. D2X with receiver and data logger.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n I cannot find inexpensive aftermarket devices for Canon DSLRs. The factory units run $195 for a Nikon shoe-mounted unit with a clunky cord connection to the socket and $250-279 for the various Canon units. Both seem ridiculously over-priced to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new integrated unit. I have had great success with the Aoka GPS receivers attached to my two Nikons – the D2X and D700. You can read all about the technology here, where you will see that a separate data logger must be used. This goes in your pocket and receives GPS data from the … Continue reading Improved Nikon GPS<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Aoka_GPS_on_Nikon.jpg\")
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