Review Promote Systems GPS Receiver GPS-N-1 for Nikon D300, D700, D3, D2X, D2Xs, D2Hs, D200 and Fuji S5 Pro, IS Pro, DSLR Digital SLR Cameras 
Buy Cheap Promote Systems GPS Receiver GPS-N-1 for Nikon D300, D700, D3, D2X, D2Xs, D2Hs, D200 and Fuji S5 Pro, IS Pro, DSLR Digital SLR Cameras From Here Now!Go where photography is headed with the Promote GPS! Now photographers can harness GPS technology to pinpoint the precise location from which a photograph is taken. Called "geotagging", this new technology embeds geographic information into a photograph along with the time and date stamp. The Promote GPS Receiver features the SiRF Star III chip, which excels at acquiring and maintaining a GPS signal lock. The GPS unit consumes less than 55mA from the camera, making it one of the most power-efficient GPS receivers available for Nikon and Fuji DSLR cameras. It will automatically power up and down along with camera exposure meter, allowing for further saving of the camera batterypower. Promote GPS is compatible with the following DSLR cameras: Nikon D300, D700, D3, D2X, D2Xs, D2Hs, D200 Fuji S5 Pro, IS Pro
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- Immediate geotagging - no computer processing required
- Dependable 20 channel GPS receiver powered by SiRF Star III chip
- Supports WAAS / EGNOS / MSAS
- No batteries required - powered directly from camera
- Low power consumption for longer shooting sessions
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"Review of Promote Systems GPS Receiver GPS-N-1" 2010-02-11
By Scott A. Byrd (Vienna, Virginia, USA)
I've owned a Nikon 200 for about three years and, when I purchased the camera, wanted a GPS unit to enable me to geolocate my photos. My first inclination was to purchase Nikon's unit but budget, distractions of life, and a few early reviews caused me to postpone that decision. When the notion recurred to me to purchase a GPS unit, one of the units that came up on the radar screen was the Promote Systems GPS-N-1. After reading through many reviews for different receivers, I decided to purchase this unit. It arrived within a week of my having placed the order (via Amazon).
I live in Vienna, Virginia (about 20 miles outside of Washington, DC) and all of my tests to date have been positive. From a cold start, the unit generally acquires satellite lock within 30 seconds and will get more accurate as more time passes. The LAT/LON coordinates that it places into a photo's metadata fields are quite accurate. As it receives its power from the camera's battery, it will shortern the charge. However, my qualitative tests to date have not indicated that the load to the camera's battery is excessive. (The battery I am using in the camera is a Nikon EN-EL3e rechargeable Li-Ion.)
Physically, the unit's case is made of durable plastic, and the mounting screw that secures it to the camera's hot-shoe, which does preclude use of the D200's pop-up flash is firm. A short cable connects this unit to the D200's 10-pin connector, and this is unobtrusive and does not interfere with shooting. The unit comes with a felt-type bag with drawstrings and easily fits into my camera bag, a LowePro Slingshot 200 AW.
Operation has thus far been dependable and nearly transparent. If the unit continues to perform as it has, I will be very happy. The cost may, at first glance, appear to be a tad expensive. However, a serious photographer will likely consider the cost a worthwhile expenditure when considering what the unit provides. Overall, I would recommend this product (and have already done so) to my friends and associates.
"Small, fast, now comes with clip! Will stay on my D3s permanently." 2009-12-16
By Tuna Ertemalp (Sammamish, WA USA)
I was about to get Nikon's GP-1 GPS unit, but then saw this listed on Amazon in addition to reading the bad reviews on GP-1, and decided to go with it. I am glad I chose Promote.
The initial location fix when I first connected everything was about a minute. Since then, it takes about 3-4 seconds when I turn on the camera.
The initial fix was done on my patio, with the sky above me. Then it continued to work indoors. My portable car navigation system doesn't find any satellites when I bring it indoors, but this little unit does. Must be the new chipset in it. Yay!
As the review title suggests, one little surprise was the clip that was in the box. In many reviews people were complaining about taking up the hotshoe space etc., and needing to come up with a DYI way of clipping the unit to the strap when flash was in use. Well, I just threaded the strap through the supplied clip, and the unit attaches to it like it goes onto the hotshoe, safe and secure. So, either people missed the small flat clip at the bottom of the product box, hidden UNDER the small manual, or this is something new that Promote started including. No matter what, it shouldn't be a concern anymore.
This is now all working on my fresh new D3s. I have set my D3s to power the GPS at all times, instead of just during AF. But, the unit has its own on/off button, so I turn it off when I don't want it to draw power (like when I am at home shooting friends & family; I know what the inside of our house looks like without having the GPS data). Given the juice that is in the EN-EL4a, I am not worried.
Highly recommended...
"Unlike Nikon's version, this works great." 2009-10-25
By Dean Wette (University City, MO USA)
I originally bought the Nikon GPS for $90 more. I couldn't even get it to work after standing in my backyard under a clear sky with it on for 10 minutes. It never locked on. The Promote GPS works great with my Nikon D200. It locks on very quickly and only takes a few seconds to reacquire GPS locks after powering down. I use this for motorsports shooting, where I don't have time to stage a photo and wait for a GPS lock. This worked brilliantly for that. After a recent event where I took about 3000 photos, I didn't have a single photo missing the GPS tags (latitude, longitude, and altitude). 100% reliability.
"Works well with D-300 & D-700 Nikon's" 2009-09-16
By Tony Tomato (Richmond VA)
Works extremely well. Lightweight, captures Sats quickly, Meta Data includes Lat/Lon and altitude. Free Geo-Track software on the Promote website. If you want to be accurate about where you took your photo's, this unit is for you. Nikon NX-2 software shows GPS data. Had one question and the company anwered it via email the very same day. Great customer service which is, unfortunately, very rare these days.
"works better than advertised" 2009-08-27
By J. Roesch (Northampton, UK)
now if you want to geo-tag your pictures then this little device is it. Average cold start takes 40 seconds and warm start less than 5 and a hot restart is finished by the time you look through the viewfinder, if you change your habit to leaving the camera in ON and touch the trigger before you lift it to your eyes.
GPS appears to be accurate within 5 meters - often I doubt if Google Maps are actually that accurate.
If you leave your camera ON and the exposure meter powered, even indoor shots get often tagged - if not, simply shoot a properly tagged picture outside before and after and use a tool from Promote to tag all shots inbetween with the same tag. This is obviously also the preferred method if you have to use the connector for a remote control or similar as the device does (currently) not feature a loop through (who knows, maybe at some time - the guys seem crafty enough).
While the device can be a bit annoying for cameras with built-in flash, even this got solved now with a small plastic piece that allows to mount the GPS puck to your camera strap.
But there is more: as with many technical products, support can be important. The guys have a very good online library of tips and tricks and their support response is second to none. Very quick and knowledgeable. You might ask "why did he need support if the device is supposedly so great?" - The answer is I live in the UK and needed the device within a few days before going on a trip, plus accidentally the brand new D90/D5000 version got shipped to me first (I needed the GPS-N-1 version for my D700), which caused some frantic emails going back and forth and I haven't so far met any company who handled something like that so quickly, effectlively and friendly - and some great info was shared along the way. So my warmest regards to Arty from here!
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