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Does anybody know if there is a small camera that has an APS-C size censor with built in GPS? I'd prefer an optical viewfinder as well.

I have a Nikon D7000, and various means of getting GPS data onto the pictures, but sometimes I fancy just picking up a single item and putting it my pocket. I've found plenty compacts that do this (my phone does it), but none with a censor to match those on a DSLR?

I don't care about changing lenses, amazing iso performance, or all the other things a DLSR can give me, I just want something that will give me what a crop censor will give me in terms of image quality, and stamp the GPS dato onto the picture.

Is there anything?
 
kenm said:
Does anybody know if there is a small camera that has an APS-C size censor with built in GPS? I'd prefer an optical viewfinder as well. I have a Nikon D7000, and various means of getting GPS data onto the pictures, but sometimes I fancy just picking up a single item and putting it my pocket. I've found plenty compacts that do this (my phone does it), but none with a censor to match those on a DSLR? I don't care about changing lenses, amazing iso performance, or all the other things a DLSR can give me, I just want something that will give me what a crop censor will give me in terms of image quality, and stamp the GPS dato onto the picture. Is there anything?
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Nope. Nearest thing is probably the Sony clip on camera for a phone at the moment.
 
GPS is a bit of a niche requirement and aps-c compacts are thin on the ground so as far as I know you won't find one! The sigma dp series are probably the best aps-c compacts.
 
Buy a separate GPS receiver and add GPS in post... For APS-C sensored compact, you can't get much smaller than Fuji X100S
 
Thanks for the replies. Shame, that. I already have the Blumax GPS logger, which not only stamps the pics, but also tells you where you've been, how fast you were going, and shows it all on a map. Super toy. However, you have to remember to take it with you, which I don't always, and it can be a bit of a faff where multiple time-zones are involved.

I also have the Opteka (cheap) version of the Nikon unit. This works fine and can be left in the camera bag, but I really don't like they way it attaches to the camera, in that it really needs to be removed anytime the camera goes back into the bag.

I like GPS - I have slides going back donkey's years of places I'd like to go back to, but I don't know where they are :bang:.
 
a1ex2001 said:
GPS is a bit of a niche requirement and aps-c compacts are thin on the ground so as far as I know you won't find one! The sigma dp series are probably the best aps-c compacts.
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I wouldn't say it's particularly niche. A significant portion of compacts now have GPS built in. In fact I'd wager most higher end compacts do. It's bypassed DSLRs so far though.
 
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I wouldn't say it's particularly niche. A significant portion of compacts now have GPS built in. In fact I'd wager most higher end compacts do. It's bypassed DSLRs so far though.
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But it's on it's way to dslr's, the newly announced Nikon D5300 has gps and wi-fi, I'd recommend that but it's not exactly compact:) unless you are happy to stick on a 35mm f1.8g and use it as an alternative to a compact.
 
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Sony A55 from a few years ago had GPS and so does the A65 - okay technically an SLT not a dlsr but...

As you say also fairly common on the superzoom 'travel' compact cameras from Panasonic, Sony etc and has been for a few years...
 
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Well, the Sony A65 or Nikon D5300 would be good if starting from scratch but the fact I already have a D7000 and a pile of legacy lenses means neither makes much sense. Anyway, I can still use the Blumax or, if I forget it, or forget to charge it, the hot-shoe based unit is always in my bag even if I don't like the way it connects.

I got a Lumix DNC-FX33 a while back to complement a D70 for when I couldn't be bothered lugging around a load of DSLR stuff, but in the end I found it unsatisfying both in terms of ergonomics and IQ, and it went unloved and unused. Am I going to find the likes of a DMC-TZ40 the same, or has the difference between compacts and DSLRs narrowed over the years?

OTOH, maybe a GPS enabled small camera with decent size censor will make an appearance in a year or two.
 
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