Today I bought...

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Quite looking forward to giving it an airing tomorrow - I'm planning to
have a wander up into the Ochil Hills, possibly through Alva Glen:

Tell us how the reception is down in the Glen. The Alva and Dollar Glens are a good test of GPS
reception.

Richard Webb

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Just been into Edinburgh, and splashed out on a Garmin Gecko 201 gps reciever!

£139.99 from Nevisports, seems a good enough price, although they PC link up cable was £37!! -
Tisos were charging £160 for the very same GPS, and weren't willing to do a price match.

Total £177 in round figures.

When I bought the Vista in America I paid £195 equiv and that included the PC cable.

I haven't compared the two units, but would be interested to read your assessment. I don't like the
AAA battery myself, but . . .
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Quite looking forward to giving it an airing tomorrow - I'm planning to have a wander up into the
Ochil Hills, possibly through Alva Glen:

Tell us how the reception is down in the Glen. The Alva and Dollar Glens are a good test of GPS
reception.

Richard Webb

Will do!

I'll certainly have a busy walk tomorrow, what with taking photographs and fiddling with the GPS.

Another interesting test I may do at the weekend is take the unit along to my local archery
club, and try and make a "map" of our woodland course using the unit - would be interesting to
see how it fares.

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I'll certainly have a busy walk tomorrow, what with taking photographs and fiddling with the GPS.

Conversely - today *I* bought my first digital camera! I've had the GPS for some time, but I've been
lugging a Canon EOS600 around the hills for too long.

Encouraged by references in urw to Jessops price matching even internet prices on occasion, I came
away with a Canon G5 for £380! Not quite the new 8Mb Nikon I really fancy, but heck, it's a lot of
camera for £380 and it does what I need if not what I want.

Even better, my new varifocals mean I can now see the view AND read the GPS/camera settings. Just
cant see where I'm putting my feet on steep descents. So if any of you come across a crumpled
heap below some rocks with a Canon G5 and a GPS12 laying nearby, pay your respects but dont blame
the GPS :-)

Stuart

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Another interesting test I may do at the weekend is take the unit along to my local archery club,
and try and make a "map" of our woodland course using the unit - would be interesting to see how
it fares.

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Wont make the targets any closer :-) Another good trick is to walk the lines of a football pitch,
then look at the track.

Richard Webb

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Another interesting test I may do at the weekend is take the unit along to my local archery club,
and try and make a "map" of our woodland course using the unit - would be interesting to see how
it fares.

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Wont make the targets any closer :-)

True, but it may aid in drawing an accurate map of the course!

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Another good trick is to walk the lines of a football pitch, then look at the track.

Richard Webb

Or walk about an empty area spelling out rude words?

;-)

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Hey Brian,

Have a mooch around alt.satellite.gps and sci.geo.satellite-nav if you need any help or advice with
your lovely new toy. Just like URW there are some nice people who are always willing to help.

Ade

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Just been into Edinburgh, and splashed out on a Garmin Gecko 201 gps reciever!

£139.99 from Nevisports, seems a good enough price, although they PC link up cable was £37!! -
Tisos were charging £160 for the very same GPS, and weren't willing to do a price match.

Quite looking forward to giving it an airing tomorrow - I'm planning to have a wander up into the
Ochil Hills, possibly through Alva Glen:

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I'll try downloading a route onto the unit.

I'll also take along my digital camera, and try some waterfall shots.

cheers

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Just been into Edinburgh, and splashed out on a Garmin Gecko 201 gps reciever!

£139.99 from Nevisports, seems a good enough price, although they PC link up cable was £37!! -
Tisos were charging £160 for the very same GPS, and weren't willing to do a price match.

Just as a matter of interest does it have the Mk1 casing or the Mk2 casing and originally released
for the 301?

On earlier Geko201s the on-off button is not recessed and could be accidently activated in a pocket
of rucksack (I have one of these). On the release of the Geko310 this was rectified and later
versions of the Geko201 use the new mold.

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RJ Webb <[email hidden]> wrote

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Another interesting test I may do at the weekend is take the unit along to my local archery club,
and try and make a "map" of our woodland course using the unit - would be interesting to see how
it fares.

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Brian

Wont make the targets any closer :-) Another good trick is to walk the lines of a football pitch,
then look at the track.

Richard Webb

BTDT, got the rectangles.
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url=''URL:/url said:

Just been into Edinburgh, and splashed out on a Garmin Gecko 201 gps reciever!

£139.99 from Nevisports, seems a good enough price, although they PC link up cable was £37!! -
Tisos were charging £160 for the very same GPS, and weren't willing to do a price match.

Just as a matter of interest does it have the Mk1 casing or the Mk2 casing and originally released
for the 301?

On earlier Geko201s the on-off button is not recessed and could be accidently activated in a
pocket of rucksack (I have one of these). On the release of the Geko310 this was rectified and
later versions of the Geko201 use the new mold.

Mike <URL:http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/>

Hmm, it seems I have an old style 201....

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brian

Stuart Mann said:

Encouraged by references in urw to Jessops price matching even internet prices on occasion, I came
away with a Canon G5 for £380!

Nice one!

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Not quite the new 8Mb Nikon I really fancy, but heck, it's a lot of camera for £380 and it does
what I need if not what I want.

You can't really complain for that price.

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| Stuart Mann wrote:
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| > Encouraged by references in urw to Jessops price matching even internet prices on occasion, I
| > came away with a Canon G5 for £380!
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| Nice one!

Excellent choice of course! ;-) Be sure to show us all your photos too Brian!

| > Not quite the new 8Mb Nikon I really fancy, but heck, it's a lot of camera for £380 and it does
| > what I need if not what I want.
|
| You can't really complain for that price.

I bought my G5 last June for £540, so I'd agree with that! I was reading through Digital Photo
magazine, and they tested it again this month against the latest 5 megapixel cameras, and they still
said it was the best of the bunch.

| Paul

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Excellent choice of course! ;-) Be sure to show us all your photos too Brian!

Will do. So far I can offer you a coal skuttle on the hearth, a cushion, a pile of books, and a 10
second movie of my foot moving up and down! It can only get better!

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I bought my G5 last June for £540, so I'd agree with that! I was reading through Digital Photo
magazine, and they tested it again this month against the latest 5 megapixel cameras, and they
still said it was the best of the bunch.

Funny enough it was that article that goaded me into action. Watch the reader's contributions page
for a skillfully created image based on a coal skuttle, a cushion, a pile of books.....

Do you use any filters on your G5 in the hills? I've always used a skylight filter for lens
protection on my traditional cameras - is that still appropriate on a digital camera?

Stuart

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| "ste mc ©" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:
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| >
| > Excellent choice of course! ;-) Be sure to show us all your photos too Brian!
| >
| Will do. So far I can offer you a coal skuttle on the hearth, a cushion, a pile of books, and a 10
| second movie of my foot moving up and down! It can only get better!

First of all, sorry for calling you Brian instead of Stuart! My first images with the G5 were of
flowers in the garden. I also remember struggling to focus on things because by default, my
camera had the focusing set to 'continuous,' to when it was hand held, the slightest movement
made it re-focus. For a few moments, I thought I'd bought a [censored] camera, but I soon figured out
what was wrong...

| > I bought my G5 last June for £540, so I'd agree with that! I was reading through Digital Photo
| > magazine, and they tested it again this month against the latest 5 megapixel cameras, and they
| > still said it was the best of the bunch.
| >
| Funny enough it was that article that goaded me into action. Watch the reader's contributions page
| for a skillfully created image based on a coal skuttle, a cushion, a pile of books.....

I'll keep a look out for this shot next month! :-) I've bought the last three issues of this
magazine because I was collecting the tokens for the Canon EOS 10D competition - but in this issue,
it is asking for a photo to be sent in. Dammit, I hate tie-breakers that rely on skill, I've got no
chance now...

| Do you use any filters on your G5 in the hills? I've always used a
skylight
| filter for lens protection on my traditional cameras - is that still appropriate on a
| digital camera?

I've got a Cokin filter holder and various square Cokin 'A' filters that slide into this, together
with a circular polariser. To attach the filter holder, I bought the lensmate from
www.lensmateonline.com and attached the adaptor ring to this. I leave the lensmate on all the time,
and have bought a lens cap to fix onto the end of it. I know of people using UV filters all the time
to protect the lens, so I guess that this would help a digital camera as much as a film camera,
after all, the lenses are still made of glass and can suffer the came damage.

| Stuart

Good luck and happy shooting! :-)

Ste

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First of all, sorry for calling you Brian instead of Stuart!

Ah - didn't notice. The text wrap made it look as though you were signing yourself Brian!

My first

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images with the G5 were of flowers in the garden. I also remember struggling to focus on things
because by default, my camera had the focusing set to 'continuous,' to when it was hand held, the
slightest movement made it re-focus. For a few moments, I thought I'd bought a [censored] camera, but I
soon figured out what was wrong...

Seems an odd default setting, doesn't it!

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| Do you use any filters on your G5 in the hills? I've always used a skylight filter for lens
| protection on my traditional cameras - is that still appropriate on a digital camera?

I've got a Cokin filter holder and various square Cokin 'A' filters that slide into this, together
with a circular polariser. To attach the filter holder, I bought the lensmate from
www.lensmateonline.com and attached the adaptor ring to this. I leave the lensmate on all the
time, and have bought a lens cap to fix onto the end of it. I know of people using UV filters all
the time to protect the lens, so I guess that this would help a digital camera as much as a film
camera, after all, the lenses are still made of glass and can suffer the came damage.

Arghhh! I bought a case today that wont accommodate that adaptor but I can see lensmate is the way
to go - especially as I already have a set of 52mm filters. I expect Jessops will change the case,
if they're not too hacked off at being knocked down £120 on the camera!

Thanks for the tips. I shall wander around the local countryside over the weekend and enjoy the
concept of taking photographs uninhibited by processing costs.

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Just been into Edinburgh, and splashed out on a Garmin Gecko 201 gps reciever!

£139.99 from Nevisports, seems a good enough price, although they PC link up cable was £37!! -
Tisos were charging £160 for the very same GPS, and weren't willing to do a price match.

After reading the recent GPS threads ordered one and received it yesterday from
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£114.95 inc VAT with free delivery

Rory

Stuart Mann said:

Do you use any filters on your G5 in the hills? I've always used a skylight filter for lens
protection on my traditional cameras - is that still appropriate on a digital camera?

I bought an adapter for my G3 and put a skylight and a lens hood on it. I ended up leaving the wide
angle converter on it most of the time though so I didn't use it with the skylight very often. A
skylight adds a light pink cast so you might be better of using a plain UV filter.

As for protecting the lens, a lens mainly needs protecting if you are in the habit of walking around
carrying the camera with the lens hood off. Good to get into the habit of putting the lens hood back
when you're not actually shooting, even if you'll be taking another photo soon. Also, if you have to
negotiate any tricky terrain it's best to put the camera back into the case, even if you're only
walking 20 or 30 yards across rocks. I slipped on rocks once and instinctively let go of my precious
expensive camera in order to break my fall. I'd never have believed that I'd let go of my camera
until that happened. Luckily the strap was around my neck!

I tend to avoid filters unless necessary nowadays, the less glass to affect the image the better.

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tokens for the Canon EOS 10D competition - but in this issue, it is asking for a photo to be sent
in. Dammit, I hate tie-breakers that rely on skill, I've got no chance now...

What about your water splash shot?

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Stuart Mann said:

Arghhh! I bought a case today that wont accommodate that adaptor but I can see lensmate is the way
to go - especially as I already have a set of 52mm filters.

Canon do their own adapters and converters for the G series. 58mm thread for the G3 adapters. May be
the same on the G5.

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Thanks for the tips. I shall wander around the local countryside over the weekend and enjoy the
concept of taking photographs uninhibited by processing costs.

But cursing the fact that you didn't buy enough flash card memory!

Don't forget to charge the battery and use RAW mode!!! (Even if you don't think you need it yet
you'll regret it when you realise why you should have been using it from the start).

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