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By gkounis from Los Angeles, CA on 2/21/2008

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.

It's easy to identify locations now

Tags: Made with Product

[1 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

By The Cleaner from Mesa AZ on 1/31/2008

The MC-35 has a locking 10 pin connector at one end for the camera, and a standard 9 pin D-sub
connector at the other end for connection to your Garmin or Magellan computer interface cable or(serial Port Cable)Just one Problem! the female threads on the MC-35 D-sub side are incorrect, they are very fine pitch threads that will not allow you to secure your GPS interface cable for use out in the field. While this setup can work without securing the interface cable screws, it is unacceptable for a genuine Nikon accessory to
be flawed this way...

[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]

By GadgetHound577 from Rapid City, SD on 9/26/2007

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.

[3 of 13 customers found this review helpful]

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