Comments on: Ricoh Ruggedized GPS Digital Camera

By: Pat BROUSSE

Pat BROUSSE — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:18:54 +0000

I have been testing the RICOH 500SE : few problems:
Very bad Ricoh service (Alta4 inGermany)
GPS very long to start
GPS positionning not very good

I am looking for a solution with trimble GPS (the best), a cable to connect between camera and GPS (Could be several meters) . if you need precise positionning you must put GPS in the located picture and shoot further.

What to you think ? I am curently working in France
Regards

Pat BROUSSE

By: ALFIE

ALFIE — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:04:38 +0000

I AM LOOKING FOR A CAMERA THAT WILL ENABKE ME TO EASILY TRANSFER TRAVEL PHOTOS TO A MAP OF SOME SORT. THE GOAL IS TO RECORD EXTENSIVE AUYO TOURS IN ITALY WITH PHOTOS OF POINYS OF INTEREST, RESTAURANTS, ETC EMBEDDED ON THE MAP ALSO NEED A SIMPLE WAY TO MAP OUT PARTICULAR ROUTES

By: kgb

kgb — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:37:07 +0000

I think it is great to know the coordinates of the the camera was located when the picture was taken ……..But how do you determine the Direction the camera was pointed?

By: geobloggers » Blog Archive » Canon’s EOS 1D Mark III, geotagging?

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:58:25 +0000

[...] Maybe, there is something really simple going on that makes geotagging easy. But until I can find out more (or they send me one, Canon, I know you’re reading!) I guess I’m still waiting for something that looks better than the Ricoh Ruggedized GPS Digital Camera we now all know and love. [...]

By: Ole Seidel

Ole Seidel — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:27:45 +0000

Let me tell you that the way RICOH has designed this solution is indeed really ground breaking.
Where the Nikon’s DSLR cameras connect to GPS only via cable (and the cost of this special connection cable is almost as high as the one of a GPS device) Ricoh uses Bluetooth technology. So basically you’re free to connect to any bluetooth gps mouse or Ricoh’s clip on GPS which you’ve seen on the image Ricoh has included in the press release.

I guess you may have to take a choice: either the ruggedized water proof shock resisitant 500SE from Ricoh (with fully proteced lense so you may drop the camera even with the lense zoomed and open) or a DSLR camera with exchangable lenses.

By the way, the camera is also available in Europe through alta4 Geoinformatik AG which ship the 500 SE together with a free Google Earth photo viewer called Fodysseus RE.

Ole

By: RevDanCatt

RevDanCatt — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:08:26 +0000

Heh, I’ve *touched* an N95 ;)

I think there’s still one kicking around the office here, but …

a) I’ve not played with it.
b) I know someone who has.
c) I’m not allowed to say anything more.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:03:04 +0000

Too bad about the price. For that amount of money these days I’d definitely want a DSLR in the bargain, with an ability to change lenses.

I’m actually waiting impatiently for the Nokia N95 to come out. Carl Zeiss zoom lens, 5 megapixel camera, full 30fps 640×480 video, 4GB storage, and GPS… for much less than that camera. Oh, yeah, and it’s a phone.

By: Mor

Mor — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:27:12 +0000

Unfortunately, I suspect that the image quality does not justify the price, although I have to admit the price does not seem as outragous as previous gps cameras RIcoh offered…

And where is the “Flickr Integration” on their brochure? :)