Nikon Df with Dawn di-GPS PS10-M

Does anyone use a Dawn di-GPS PS10-M with the Nikon Df? I can find pictures with some of the other cameras it fits on but I'm curious if it interferes much as it sits alongside the left of the camera. It seems an awkward spot? Any feedback? Likes and dislikes?

Cheers, Kevin

You can put a cable between camera and gps unit and attacht the unit to the strap.

That's how i do it. The cable isn't very convenient. And my gps unit came with a strap attachment. And both gps unit and camera have a more secure plug than thise USB thingies.

But why not just attach it to the camera itself? Looks less good? A slight trade in for additional function.

I forget what brand GPS device i use (and don't have it near), but the cable i need to connect it to my D800e and D810 has a small jack plug on one end and the Nikon specific 10 pin connector. No USB. I rarely use GPS, and have used it only with the two models mentioned.

I found the unit, and i told a lie. The cable has an USB connector on the unit's side. The jack is a pass-through for a remote control.

I found the unit, and i told a lie. The cable has an USB connector on the unit's side. The jack is a pass-through for a remote control.

Ok, that helps. I wonder if I can find a plug somewhere with a wire that has a female 10 pin connector ... So that I can use the GPS I have now (which needs a 10 pin female) to work with the Df.

Appreciate the thought. And I may well start out that way. I do know however that I really enjoy being able to figure out exactly where I was after I come back from a trip. I'll click the link in Capture One and get ported directly to the Google map so I can add the right piece of metadata to the picture. But I agree the thing looks very slick. Can't wait to get my hands on it now...

Since Land Survey precision is not required, I simply take a quick snapshot of the area with my GPS enabled cell phone. This captures the GPS data. Then I shoot the pictures I want with my D750 (if it is wildlife or another transient subject, I shoot with the D750 first and then the cell phone). As long as the time on the cell phone and the D750 agree closely, the images will be displayed near each other in Lightroom. I select the cell phone image as the most selected and the D750 images as selected images. Then I click on the SYNC METADATA button. I select only the GPS data to be synchronized. Now all my D750 images have a GPS location - perhaps not good enough for court testimony or to establish property boundaries, or call artillery fire :-) but close enough for most practical purposes. You certainly would be able to find your way back or show friends where you had been. And who knows, you might get and interesting image with the cell phone.

Since Land Survey precision is not required, I simply take a quick snapshot of the area with my GPS enabled cell phone. This captures the GPS data. Then I shoot the pictures I want with my D750 (if it is wildlife or another transient subject, I shoot with the D750 first and then the cell phone). As long as the time on the cell phone and the D750 agree closely, the images will be displayed near each other in Lightroom. I select the cell phone image as the most selected and the D750 images as selected images. Then I click on the SYNC METADATA button. I select only the GPS data to be synchronized. Now all my D750 images have a GPS location - perhaps not good enough for court testimony or to establish property boundaries, or call artillery fire :) but close enough for most practical purposes. You certainly would be able to find your way back or show friends where you had been. And who knows, you might get and interesting image with the cell phone.

Oh believe me ... I've tried it all. GPS in the bag with the time synched, Nikon's app synched with the camera ... in the end it's too much hassle to then try and synch it all via Lightroom. I use Capture One these days anyways, so it's a bunch of extra steps. When I am traveling, I won't want to fiddle with all that. Right now, I turn the camera on, the GPS locks pretty much instantly if it's had a prior fix and I take the picture and move on. I'll have to do some digging to see if I can find a cable or buy a second GPS for the Df.