Thank you! I’ve been having a hard time figuring out how to do this. Will follow your instructions carefully later today to see if I can finally get it set up correctly!
Question: My hobby is finding and photographing ancestor's gravestones in New England. I'm looking for the GPS feature mainly to enable someone else to use the captured GPS coordinates to travel directly to the site of the gravestone. Accuracy of the GPS is essential because there are hundreds of gravestones in a graveyard. It is not enough to just take you to the graveyard. The idea is to take you to the precise location. Two questions: How close to the target does the GPS take you? and how do you use the GPS coordinates to guide you to your target? Thanks so much! Tom
I'm not a GPS specialist, but I think the accuracy of the GPS depends on the whole GPS system, your current location and I guess also on your phone. I'm afraid I can't tell you how to use the coordinates to guide someone to a specific location. However, I'm sure you can find tutorials on the topic here on UA-cam, if you search.
Hi! I always leave my phone's Bluetooth turned on, do I need to launch the "Canon App" everytime once I turn on my camera? or is it just a 1 time set-up?
I'm afraid I can't remember any more, because it's a while since I made the video and I don't have the camera any more. You have to try and see what happens.
Hi and thanks. It does work but I find that when I switch off the camera and then switch it on again (when I want to take a picture), I need to switch on my phone and go to the Canon app. Then everything works fine. It would have been better if the phone and camera automatically connected when switching the camera back on again.
I don't use the M50 any more, so I can't check it for you, but if you have the bluetooth enabled and do as instructed, it should re connect automatically.
Peter, I had the same issue. I believe GPS is not enabled on your phone (as shown in the video). It's not enough to have the Bluetooth and GPS recording on, but you also need to enable geotagging on your camera (again, as shown in the video). The indication that it works is having a "GPS" icon at the bottom right corner of the viewfinder, and having that arrow icon shown in the video between the camera and Bluetooth icons within the app. Once you have that set up, and subsequently connect the WiFi, the information is transferred automatically. You don't need to press any buttons in the app. In the photo thumbnail display in the app, you will see a satellite icon on the thumbnail.
How did you get the photo to your lightroom app. i used the MAC application to move the photo to a folder in raw. WHen i drag the photo to Photo app on the MAC there is no location information when i get to the information tab ? any ideas?
One other question: I have tried using the Add Location (Send Location Information) function but I can't get it to work. It suggests to connect via WIFI which I do, and then the error is "This function cannot be used with the currently connected camera" which is my M50. Any ideas?
Very well explained. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! I’ve been having a hard time figuring out how to do this. Will follow your instructions carefully later today to see if I can finally get it set up correctly!
I hope you can do it. It's quite simple, but still sometimes these can be hard get right😀
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Thank you for the informative video!
Glad it was helpful!
Question: My hobby is finding and photographing ancestor's gravestones in New England. I'm looking for the GPS feature mainly to enable someone else to use the captured GPS coordinates to travel directly to the site of the gravestone. Accuracy of the GPS is essential because there are hundreds of gravestones in a graveyard. It is not enough to just take you to the graveyard. The idea is to take you to the precise location. Two questions: How close to the target does the GPS take you? and how do you use the GPS coordinates to guide you to your target? Thanks so much! Tom
I'm not a GPS specialist, but I think the accuracy of the GPS depends on the whole GPS system, your current location and I guess also on your phone. I'm afraid I can't tell you how to use the coordinates to guide someone to a specific location. However, I'm sure you can find tutorials on the topic here on UA-cam, if you search.
This was really helpful.
Thank you
Hi - Thank you for this very helpfull Instruction. Best Greetings from Austria Josef
Thanks!
Good tutorial 👍
Thank you, that was really helpful.
Great! Happy to help.
Hi thanks for thsi very helpful but I only seem to get GPS data in JPEG now RAW, Any ideas why this would be?
Thanks! You should have the coordinates in RAW too, if they are in jpeg. I'm pretty sure there is no option not have them in RAW.
@@mattisulanto yes its an odd one clicking on properties then details they are not there but are in the ,jpg very odd
Hi! I always leave my phone's Bluetooth turned on, do I need to launch the "Canon App" everytime once I turn on my camera? or is it just a 1 time set-up?
I'm afraid I can't remember any more, because it's a while since I made the video and I don't have the camera any more. You have to try and see what happens.
Hi and thanks. It does work but I find that when I switch off the camera and then switch it on again (when I want to take a picture), I need to switch on my phone and go to the Canon app. Then everything works fine. It would have been better if the phone and camera automatically connected when switching the camera back on again.
I don't use the M50 any more, so I can't check it for you, but if you have the bluetooth enabled and do as instructed, it should re connect automatically.
Peter,
I had the same issue.
I believe GPS is not enabled on your phone (as shown in the video).
It's not enough to have the Bluetooth and GPS recording on, but you also need to enable geotagging on your camera (again, as shown in the video).
The indication that it works is having a "GPS" icon at the bottom right corner of the viewfinder, and having that arrow icon shown in the video between the camera and Bluetooth icons within the app.
Once you have that set up, and subsequently connect the WiFi, the information is transferred automatically. You don't need to press any buttons in the app.
In the photo thumbnail display in the app, you will see a satellite icon on the thumbnail.
How did you get the photo to your lightroom app. i used the MAC application to move the photo to a folder in raw. WHen i drag the photo to Photo app on the MAC there is no location information when i get to the information tab ? any ideas?
I used a card reader and imported straight to LR.
One other question: I have tried using the Add Location (Send Location Information) function but I can't get it to work. It suggests to connect via WIFI which I do, and then the error is "This function cannot be used with the currently connected camera" which is my M50. Any ideas?
I works only with some older cameras as far I know.
Happens to me too with my m50
how can you take pics while in film mode??
Thanks for this helpfull tutorial. The manual is not vey helpfull.
Thanks!