Canon GP-E2 Review

The Canon GP-E2 is a geotagging accessory that mounts into your Canon camera’s hotshoe and adds location data to your photos’ EXIF data. If you like to sort your photos by location, this is a very helpful feature.
You might consider getting a GP-E2 if your Canon camera lacks its own built-in GPS (assuming that the camera is compatible with this accessory. Older cameras that were released before 2012 are generally not compatible.) But even if your camera does have its own GPS, you might have noticed that it can be power-hungry and can deplete your camera's battery faster than you expect (especially if the internal GPS doesn’t automatically turn off when you turn off your camera.) The GP-E2 runs off of a AA battery, which conserves your camera’s battery in that situation.
As I mention in the video, the Canon GP-E2 is compatible with Canon’s DSLRs and mirrorless cameras that were released in 2012 and later, as well as the EOS 1DX (though you’ll have to use the cable attachment.)
While geotagging your photos is not essential, it’s a helpful tool for organizing your photos, and the Canon GP-E2 is a nice accessory that helps out in this area and doesn’t take up much space.
If you have any questions about it, ask awy in the comment section below. Thanks!

[@julioamaral4391]

Thanks for the video!

[@ThatOtherTom]

You're welcome, Julio!

[@yarisTSk]

great review, thank you.

[@ThatOtherTom]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching!

[@grjlynch]

Thanks, very helpful

[@ThatOtherTom]

You’re very welcome, Gary

[@RobertKhoe]

Have you tried to connect the GP-E2 to a PC? Apperantly, besides the track, you should be able to set settings and do a firmware upgrade (if ever available).

[@ThatOtherTom]

Thanks for the question, I haven’t tried connecting my GP-E2 to my PC. I’m more familiar with updates using SD cards, but it’s always nice to have the latest firmware so I may look into that if I have the time.

[@Peterc-sk6xm]

Connects fine to Mac -- you need the Canon GPS Log File Utility, available from the Canon support page for the GP-E2. Most recent firmware is version 2.02. I found the utility a little crashy, but it was written for a much old MacOs. Got there in the end, although had to do a couple of restarts

[@MatijsBabris]

I think none of the new cameras have gps (EOS R, R5, R6) its gone. :(

[@ThatOtherTom]

It seems like they want to make us buy an add-on, rather than giving us the feature for free. 😕

[@MatijsBabris]

@@ThatOtherTom yep, and dealing with all that extra bulk and limited further expandability in process. True despair :D

[@denniskillz]

@@MatijsBabris You can use the phone app to geo tag as well

[@hrobass]

can i use gps connected via hotshoe from my godox x2t radiocontroller for flash?

[@locallegends7786]

How reliable is this indoors? I shoot 360 panoramas within school/university campuses and it would be great to help sort out where shots were taken

[@ThatOtherTom]

In my experience, it works well indoors. I think it would be a great way to automatically geotag what part of the college the photos were taken.
That said, if you’re around very tall buildings in a place like Manhattan, or tall mountains, that might throw it off a bit. It would still give you the general area, but you wouldn’t have pinpoint accuracy.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

Shame, no video showing the menus or device in use!

[@ThatOtherTom]

Thanks for the feedback, I could’ve done better.

[@julioamaral4391]

Thanks for the video!

[@ThatOtherTom]

You’re welcome, thank you for watching!