Nikon MC-35 GPS Adapter Cord for D3, D300, D2HS / D2X Digital Cameras

2012-05-23T21:00:00

The 10 pin external connector on the Nikon D700 requires a cable. Because of the cable location and angle of attachement, the cable is subject to fraying. This is especially true when the camera is placed in my Pelican case. The first cable I owned frayed and shorted out the power connector on the D700 mother board. That is very exspensive to fix. I junked the equipment that required the pin and found GPS and triggers that did not seem to be sensitive. This brings us to the MC-35. It has a magnetic balast clamped to the cable to suppress noise [ NOT SHOWN IN PRODUCT PICTURE BUT IT SHOULD BE]. This aggrevates the issue. I have to change out the cable every 6 months because it frays and continues to threaten more camera failure. I have gone to extreme measures to minimize this problem but it still plagues me. NOTE: It is difficult and damaging to attach and remove the cable all the time because its 10 pin and does not attach very easy. The solution would be a cable with a braided sleeve but no one seems to make one.

Macro m.

2012-02-11T19:00:00

The cord could be taken out and the connectors could be fused into each other so as to provide a seamless connector device and serve as utility too The option for this could be a connection through an electronic transmitter either through Bluetooth or the sort or plain a wi fi transmitter cables cause a lot of stress when connecting and limit the camera to a single place

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2011-09-01T21:00:00

I use the MC-35 to connect my Garmin 60CSx GPS to my Nikon D700. While the GPS still goes strong, the Garmin cord that connects to the GPS is like new, this is my third MC-35. Granted that I use the GPS to locate images while out and about, and the cord gets a lot of twists and turns, my expectation is that it should perform longer than a year. The cord, where it connects to the camera, pulls apart from the cord plug. The wires fry. Dead cord. The quality is fine. The design isn't. Today I purchase my third one. To date, GPS tagging is the best way I know to locate my images. There is no other good option. Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - no other option. I would warn about the short life expectancy.

GEORGE C.

2009-07-21T21:00:00

I use this with a D200 and Garmin GPSMAP79 with a remote antenna. GPS goes anywhere and antenna gets Velcroed to top of Lowepro backpack. For [$] sale price it was worth it. Set up was easy (after I took GPS out of Simulate Mode). Better than a little clip-on GPS because a real GPS can log real time tracks of your travel that retrieve later plus still tag your photos. Plus you have a screen for maps and topos and the rest.

JAMES F.

2009-02-19T19:00:00

You loose a dimension in your pictures if you don´t geotag. It´s exiting to click your picture, to see where it was taken. It´s fun to share!

Bill69

2008-10-18T21:00:00

After plugging this into my camera, the Garmin cable (readily available about $40) into this cable, the other end into my GPSMAP 60CSx, I set the D300 and GPS software settings and took a shot. Boom, Lat and Lon in picture data. Total time, 5 minutes, if that. Uploaded to Flickr, clicked on 'map' and was zoomed to my location.Yes it's pricey, but it's not exactly a high volume item, and it's about $30 less here than most places.

Milosh K.

2008-09-23T21:00:00

It si an expensive "patch" in order to get your Garmin connected to the camera. In addition, Nikon stopped at the male serial connexion. To connect to a Garmin you need a mini USB. IT is a mess to try to get the second cable

WildBird

2008-02-20T19:00:00

I have a D2X that I take air-to-air photos with. It would sometimes become difficult to identify the exact area we were photographing, so I wanted to take advantage of the GPS information in the image metadata. The MC-35 adapter is straighforward to use; just connect it with the serial output of your GPS unit. I use it with my Garmin eTrex GPS unit. Setting it up is straightforward and the camera establishes connection quickly. Each image records lat, long, altitude, bearing, and time. It becomes simple to identify the exact location of the image. The only negative is that it is way too expensive for basically being just a cable. Purchasing both the Nikon and Garmin cables cost about $150.

GEORGE K.

2007-09-25T21:00:00

This seems to work with minimum fuss if your GPS puts out serial data at 4800 baud and has a adapter cable with a female DB-9 connector. It may be necessary to play with the GPS unit settings to get the right data format, but the GPS indicator on the Nikon camera helps: if "GPS" is flashing, the GPS is energized and connected OK, but the data format (or baud rate?) is wrong. You can cycle through the format selections quickly because the GPS indicator will come on solid within a second or so of when the format is correct. It is not necessary, in my experience, to power down and up when searching for the correct settings.

GadgetHound577

2006-08-02T21:00:00

How is possible a cable be so expensive? It is more expensive than most GPS units!

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