Have you tried Canon's GP-E2?
I use it on my cameras, including my 7DII (edit: the built-in 7DII GPS drains its battery quite fast. If left on the 7DII, it lasts less than a day's worth of shooting. Well, much less than 1000 shots.)
The GP-E2 uses a single AA, either an alkaline or an Eneloop. The former may work for 2 days and the latter for over a day.
It is attached to the hot shoe ( a drag, if I want to use a speedlight.) It's supposed to connect using USB, as well, though I have not tried. The data is written directly to the EXIF.
From power on to signal lock takes about a minute or less. Signal sensitivity is exceptional. The logging track works inside a car. I had inadvertently left it on in a bag on an airplane from Australia to Hong Kong, and I got the full track. Long/Lat/Alti. Oh, when properly calibrated, the EXIF records the direction of the shot, too.
The data (in many files) can be exported from GP-E2/Canon MapUtility to Google Earth Pro and can be assembled to a single track for the whole trip.
It is expensive for a single use item. But, quite useful.
-r
note: I don't own Canon stocks. Just their products.
I use it on my cameras, including my 7DII (edit: the built-in 7DII GPS drains its battery quite fast. If left on the 7DII, it lasts less than a day's worth of shooting. Well, much less than 1000 shots.)
The GP-E2 uses a single AA, either an alkaline or an Eneloop. The former may work for 2 days and the latter for over a day.
It is attached to the hot shoe ( a drag, if I want to use a speedlight.) It's supposed to connect using USB, as well, though I have not tried. The data is written directly to the EXIF.
From power on to signal lock takes about a minute or less. Signal sensitivity is exceptional. The logging track works inside a car. I had inadvertently left it on in a bag on an airplane from Australia to Hong Kong, and I got the full track. Long/Lat/Alti. Oh, when properly calibrated, the EXIF records the direction of the shot, too.
The data (in many files) can be exported from GP-E2/Canon MapUtility to Google Earth Pro and can be assembled to a single track for the whole trip.
It is expensive for a single use item. But, quite useful.
-r
note: I don't own Canon stocks. Just their products.
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