Customidea GeoPic II Instruction Manual Download Page 4

Nikon D200, D2HS, D2X and D2XS and Fuji S5 Pro are registered 

trademarks or a trademark of their respective companies.

 

Quick start guide

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Quick start guide 

The  GeoPic  II  is  powered  up  or  down  by  pressing  and 
holding  the  function  button  and  it  starts  up  in  the  mode 
you last used. 

The three modes of operation are called continuous, low 
power  and  freeze  mode,  and  can  be  changed  by  half 
pressing  the  shutter  release  button  then  pressing  the 
function button: 

OF

F

 

Each mode has its own colour and operates as follows: 

Mode: 

Description 

Continuous  GPS location is continuously sent to the camera if locked to 

the satellites. The status light will slowly flash red when 
there is no lock and be continuously red if there is.  

Low Power  GPS location is sent to the camera if locked to the satellites 

AND shutter release button is half pressed. When unlocked 
the status light will slowly flash green. When locked the 
status light will only occasionally blink green to let you know 
it is ready. GPS location will be sent to the camera the 
moment the shutter release button is half pressed. Wait 
until the beep and the green light is lit to take the picture. 

Freeze 

GPS location is frozen on demand in an internal buffer. 
Press the function button to start a new search and freeze a 
new location. Cancel a search by pressing the function 
button again. When searching for a new location, the status 
light will slowly flash blue. When a location is frozen the 
status light will occasionally blink blue to let you know it is 
ready. GPS data will be sent to the camera the moment the 
shutter release button is half pressed, in the same manner 
as the low power mode. Wait until the beep sounds, and 
the blue light is lit to take the picture 

 

Summary of Contents for GeoPic II

Page 1: ...Geotagging Device With three intelligent modes of operation including low power and freeze mode Suitable for Nikon D200 D2HS D2X D2XS Fuji S5 Pro...

Page 2: ...y suitable for remote shutter releases which are described on page 14 of this booklet If a non compatible remote shutter release is used it may damage the product and camera Avoid contact with water T...

Page 3: ...o their 10 pin accessory socket However a problem with many of these GPS devices is that they reduce your DSLR battery life not only due to the GPS device itself taking power but also because the DSLR...

Page 4: ...era if locked to the satellites AND shutter release button is half pressed When unlocked the status light will slowly flash green When locked the status light will only occasionally blink green to let...

Page 5: ...n lead The GeoPic II has three modes of operation which are explained in detail in later sections Mode Power Colour Description Continuous Short battery life Red GeoPic II continuously sends GPS locat...

Page 6: ...owing table explains the different power up and power down methods Power up method Details Press and hold function button Pressing and holding the function button on top of the unit for approximately...

Page 7: ...pressed point then pressing the GeoPic II function button Each time you do this the GeoPic II will change modes from continuous to low power to freeze and back to continuous OFF To make it clear which...

Page 8: ...visible in its display always on No function Mode change with half press The GeoPic II has locked to three or more satellites and is continuously updating the camera with the GPS location The camera...

Page 9: ...nge with half press The GeoPic II has locked to three or more satellites and is ready to send GPS data to the camera An occasional green blink shows that the GeoPic II is ready to send GPS data when n...

Page 10: ...reason for the significantly increased battery life whilst in the low power mode because the camera uses only a tiny amount of power in its standby state Note that the GPS module within the GeoPic II...

Page 11: ...r a good lock so that it can store this data in a buffer and use it for subsequent geotagging The camera s GPS icon will not be visible in its display occasional blink Starts a new search to update th...

Page 12: ...default the GeoPic II will begin a new search when powered up in freeze mode If you want to retain the last location you can cancel this search with the function button as just described However if r...

Page 13: ...visible in its display always on Starts a new search to update the buffered GPS data Mode change with half press The GeoPic II has good buffered data and is continuously updating the camera with the...

Page 14: ...EGs taken every 2 minutes more details at end of manual It is useful to have a means of recording whether a photo was taken in freeze mode to make it clear that the geotag may not be accurate For this...

Page 15: ...with a fully functional remote shutter release socket The socket is a 2 5mm jack socket which is compatible with standard remote shutter release cords available in shops and online Custom Idea sells a...

Page 16: ...the last to the first setting Changes to the next option wraps around from the last to the first option Function button Enters the option menu for the current setting This is confirmed by a single re...

Page 17: ...6 Continuous 2 Disabled Enables continuous sending of GPS data in freeze mode 1 Enabled 7 Alt Field 2 Disabled If enabled in freeze mode the altitude field is set to 99999m 1 Enabled 8 Search 2 Disabl...

Page 18: ...tion 1 to option 4 With each half press the next option is selected and confirmed with a number of flashes Option 3 flashes in green because it is the currently configured option OFF OFF OFF 4 Save op...

Page 19: ...S available WAAS Enabled by default GPS time UTC GMT time Cold start 42 sec average Warm start 38 sec average Hot start 1 sec average Re acquisition 0 1 sec average Output message NMEA GGA RMC Photo c...

Page 20: ...s for example when indoors Not only does all this technology come in a tiny enclosure but it is also incredibly easy to use With an integrated high performance SiRF III chipset a remote release socket...

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