Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)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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Product Description:
Mount the JOBO photo GPS on your camera's hot-shoe and capture the geo-data of each picture by the click of your camera. Coordinate the geo-data and your pictures on the PC or laptop, using the supplied software. In addition to the longitude and latitude, the address – i.e. country, city, street and closest point of interest – is captured in the image file. This enables you to search for specific places, streets or POI without having to tag each picture individually. Software is also included to organize, find and sort pictures.
FEATURES:
Capture geo-data on site
Automatically combine GPS and location data with pictures
Search, sort and organize all pictures acc. to country, city, street
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
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
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