Since my last post, I have had a chance to play with more with this feature. My comments are based on using Firmware 1.1 in the camera and the current IOS versions of the Image Share Application.
Geo-tagging.
My comment in the last post: “This (Geo-tagging) is potentially very useful, provided all the shots on your camera are from the same location and you remember to geotag them before you jump in your car and drive home” was incorrect. In practice, this is what you do:
- When you arrive at a location where you want to shoot, start the Image Share app and turn on Geo-tagging. There is no need to make a wi-fi connection with the camera at this point.
- Shoot.
- When you have finished shooting, turn off the Geo-tagging capture. All the locations you visited during the time period the tagging was turned on will have been captured in your mobile device.
- At some point, before you load the images from the camera to the computer, turn on the camera’s wifi and connect to the app. Then choose the option to update the images with tagging information and your images will have tagging info added, based on the time the shot was taken (so make sure your camera is operating on the same time setting as your mobile device!).
Importing Photos
If you have the camera set to shoot JPEG, or RAW+JPEG; then:
-Photos taken via the mobile device can be imported. -Photos taken with the camera can be imported.
If you have the camera set to shoot RAW only, then:
-Photos taken via the mobile device can be imported (because the camera overrides your RAW only setting and generates a RAW plus a JPEG, so the JPEG can be imported) -Photos taken with the camera will not display on the import screen and cannot be imported. The application will not display or import from RAW only images.
Note that all images, whether or not they can viewed/imported, can be Geo-tagged.
Thanks to Matt L for some clarifications.
Comments 🔗
2014-01-01| Clive saysHmm… I have a hand-held Garmin GPS, purchased primarily to act as a navigational aid when visiting Thailand or touring Europe, and I happened to come across a Lightroom Plug-In that does something similar to this… In my case, I just turn my Garmin on and don’t worry about it. End of day, when it comes to importing images, you extract a “track” file from the Garmin and point Lightroom at it. Any images that you then import with matching timestamps get geo-tagged per your Garmin location data.
It strikes me that neither our solutions are perfect, but at least workable.
Here’s a thought (for Olympus) though: instead of charging £190 for a trivially basic HLD-7 batter grip, why not put GPS technology in there too, and keep the price the same? The asking price for the grip as it stands is borderline offensive, so throwing in geotagging for the same money would definitely prompt me to buy one…
2014-01-02| Spike saysAgree they would be much better off building a GPS into the camera. The phone app solution works well enough; provided you remember to turn it on….