Originally posted by mtkeller The documentation indicates that autotagging location using Image Sync over BLE is supported. (I believe that the GR III already supports this, so it should work pretty straightforwardly.)
I would not be worried about durability. I haven't heard of a rash of problems with other vendors' cameras having damage issues since they started adding touch screens. Pentax doesn't seem inclined to sacrifice durability in favor of adding a touch screen just because they wanted to add touch screen. I really can't wait for all the flippy screen whingeing to be replaced by people discovering how many cool things they can do using Image Sync for camera control instead of being beholden to a flippy screen.
ice, thanks for letting me know!
And yeah, my ks-2 has both a flip screen and wireless connectivity and image sync just isn't an option for street photography. Draining your phone battery on an 8 hour shoot, losing control of your non dominant hand, not being able to as quickly switch between the viewfinder and screen without completely losing the composition of a shot just isn't an option, and that isn't what tethering is made for either.
For selfies or landscapes? Image sync is great. But for mobile work it and all other tethering solutions just don't make sense in my view.
To an extent I understand why a field camera doesn't strictly need a flip screen as the wildlife you're photographing would move too quickly for the photographer to deploy it anyway, but pentax's slow release schedule doesn't give them the luxury to make specialist cameras like the bigger brands. They have neither the funds nor the development dollars to release anything other than generalist bodies which appeal to widest possible user base, even if they remain with the DSLR.