Pentax O-GPS2 GPS Unit

Pentax O-GPS2 GPS Unit Summary

Arriving to replace the popular first generation accessory, the Pentax O-GPS2 GPS Unit for Pentax DSLRs offers effortless capture of location data as well as several unique features. These include  Astro tracing when combined with camera anti shake systems as well as Simple Navigation and Electronic Compass. Image files record latitude, longitude, altitude and universal time coordinated (UTC), for review and easy organisation on your PC.

Key Features

• Easily record GPS data with compatible Pentax cameras
• Embedded data into image files includes latitude, longitude, altitude and universal time coordinated (UTC)
• Unique Astro tracing feature works with camera shake reduction function
• Unit also provides Simple Navigation and Electronic Compass features
• Weather-resistant construction

Pentax O-GPS2 GPS Unit in More Detail

Effortless shooting location data with GPS

The Pentax O-GPS2 GPS Unit mounts onto the hotshoe of a compatible camera to record latitude, longitude, altitude, universal time coordinated (UTC) and direction of the shooting location onto captured images. GLONASS and Galileo can be received for anyone in the US and QZSS in Japan.

Astro Tracer for astro photography

When mounted on a compatible Pentax digital SLR camera body, the O-GPS2 offers advanced Astro Tracer functionality,** which couples the unit with camera SR (Shake Reduction) system for effortless tracing and photographing of celestial bodies. The unit calculates the movement of stars, planets and other bodies using latitude obtained from the location data and the camera’s alignment data (horizontal and vertical inclinations and aspect) from its magnetic and acceleration sensors.

It then shifts the image sensor in synchronisation with the movement of the objects.*** As a result, stars and other objects are captured as solid points rather than blurry streaks, even during extended long exposures.

This makes astronomical photography much easier, as it requires only a tripod and eliminates the need for an additional astronomy accessory, such as an equatorial telescope.
In addition to the normal Type 1, the Type 2 that can be used in combination with the PENTAX K-3 Mark III makes the image sensor follow the movement of the celestial body at half the speed of the Type 1. You can suppress the flow of the landscape on the ground and shoot both the stars and the landscape in a well-balanced manner.

** This function is available only when the O-GPS2 is mounted on a PENTAX digital SLR cameras body equipped with a SR system.

*** The duration of ASTROTRACER operation may vary depending on photographic conditions.

Simple Navigation to indicate location data to a destination

The O-GPS2 offers a Simple Navigation function, which calculates the direction and distance to a given destination from the current position. The user can either locate destinations using location data stored on recorded images, or register and/or assign them by uploading location data created on a PC.

Electronic Compass function to indicate and record direction

The O-GPS2 comes equipped with an Electronic Compass function, which precisely displays the camera’s direction on its LCD monitor. Using the aspect of geomagnetism detected by its magnetic sensor and the location data, the unit indicates the aspect in relation to true north. The user can also record directional data on captured images.

Other features

Simplified weather-resistant construction for use in light rain

Independent power source (one AAA-size battery) to eliminate the need for power supply from the camera body

Compatible cameras (May 2022):

• PENTAX K-3 Mark III
• KP
• K-3
• K-5II
• K-5IIs
• K-5
• K-S2
• K-S1
• K-70
• K-50
• K-30
• K-r
• K-01
• 645Z
• 645D
   

All applications will not support all models.

Pentax O-GPS2 GPS Unit Specifications