wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Thank you Bushpilot!

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Thank you Wingpilot!

I'll have a look at that. Thanks for the advice :)

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

I'm working on it samantha90 :)

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Hi dpullum

Thank you so much for your advice & your lovely comments.

The top photo was taken last week with my Nikon S9900 compact camera & the 2nd photo was taken today with my husbands Panasonic TZ72

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

If you get a camera with built-in GPS, make sure there is a way to disable it. You may not want GPS in photos of your home or your children.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Thank you David I hadn't even thought of that. Saying that I went to quick look at cameras today & most of the new ones don't have GPS as they say it drains the battery but they do have wifi.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

My DSLRs (Nikon D50, D7000, and D7100) did not have built-in GPS (although Nikon has a device that fits on the hot shoe to do it)--I am glad because I don't want to run down the camera battery with it (GPS requires a while to "boot up" and for camera use pretty much means the camera needs to be left ON for it to be useful). Instead, on my trips and tours, where I desire GPS information, I carry a little GPS logger device that has its own battery. I have I-gotU units and their battery is charged via USB and is good for about 15-20 hours; I charge it while downloading the data to my laptop each evening and am ready for the next day's activities. The only disadvantage of using an external uncoupled device is that for the coordinates to be synchronized with the pictures the camera clock has to be pretty accurate (at highway speeds--60mph--one second's error equates to 88 feet location error, but it's less a problem when walking). I set the camera clock each day using the Internet time via my laptop and that works. The I-gotU unit is about half the size of an art-gum eraser and very easy to carry. It comes with software to do the location interpretation.

tinwhistle

To be perfectly honest, I prefer the top image. I'm big on the eye highlight. Either way, I agree with an earlier post: skip the bridge camera and invest in a DSLR... Follow up question: do you really want a camera with GPS?

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

Welcome, and continue to be amazed 👍

Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

Really nice set.

Plymouth34 Loc: Pacific Northwest

Wow, what a difference from you first post. Very nice. Panasonic (Lumix) makes a great camera. My wife wanted a lighter, multi functional camera. I bought her a Lumix DMC FZ 1,000. I have a Canon 6d, full frame ,

GPS and more.

This sounds like something you might like. The down side is that it is a heavy camera for traveling. Once you start adding lenses, flash, tripod and so on.

I liked my wife's Lumix so much I went out and bought one for myself. I now use that for my travel/vacation camera. My Canon I use for local shoots. Sports, grand-kids, macro photography and so on.

Have fun shopping.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Thank you David for the information I didn't know you could get a GPS logger. I have so much to learn. I'm like you like to download all the photographs on the day they are taken, all ready for the next time I use my camera.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Hi Tinwhistle

I'm beginning to ask myself the same question as my husbands camera doesn't have GPS & I don't seem to have missed it but I have missed the wifi.

wirevix Loc: Warrington, England

Hi Plymouth34

Thanks for your advice I will look into it... The thing I like about a bridge camera is you don't have to carry all the lenses. As it's a big step for me to move up to a bigger camera as it is. I've aways had a compact camera all my life. I will continue to use my husbands camera until I decide on what I really want.

Vicky

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Here is a review of the I-gotU unit: https://digital-photography-school.com/i-gotu-gt-120-gps-data-logger-review/.