Use A Compass - Seitz Roundshot D2x Instruction Manual

GPS devices use a uniform ate/time standard which is always Greenwich
time (GMT) regardless of the time zone of the actual position. Therefore
the date/time of the GPS device may differ from the actual date/time.
Please note that the compass scale will be visible only on tiff and jpeg
GPS data (latitude, longitude) are saved with the image and can be
images. When saving the images in DNG the compass data is lost and
accessed by viewing the metadata.
cannot be recovered in post processing.
Instruction Manual Roundshot D2x - version 3.2 February 2010 -
This function activates the compass if it is
connected.
Select to activate the compass.
The option
compass to be calibrated on the first use. The
camera will rotate 360° and the compass
output will be synchronized with the motor
rotation. This function needs to be used only
once.
Confirm by pressing the
When the compass is active open the
menu
Two new options related to the compass
are available:
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the compass output angles in the image.
These angles will be visible only on tiff or
jpeg images. DNG files are not modified.
-
start taking the picture at the selected
compass angle no matter the initial
direction of the lens. For example setting
this angle to 0° ensures that the images
will always start direction north.
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