• jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    I wish my Sony DSLR has some open source firmware. I hate it has to use the Sony app to connect to the GPS on my phone. I hate that my phone sometimes put the app to sleep and I end up with no GPS info.

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      3 days ago

      Canon cameras are the same for GPS data. Their app sucks and is barely functional that I don’t bother. Half of the time it would fail to connect or fail to transfer pictures from the camera to the phone. A USB-C to SD card adapter is 100% reliable. I hate technology sometimes.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah, it’s infuriating how much potential they are leaving on the table here. My camera has a clock to put the correct time into the exif data, but it’s not possible to set up the camera so that it does take a picture every few seconds or every few minutes. That should be possible right out of the box.

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        3 days ago

        Omg, that pisses me off so much. I have to go into geosetters and update it again.

        But no other camera is as good as the Sony mirrorless. At least not at this price point.

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        2 days ago

        I have the a7iii and A9iii. They both use two different garbage phone app. When I’m double holstering, I have to have both apps open simultaneously. Or else one or both loses gps.