Canon S100 GPS Logging

[hansendc]

According to its manual (Sorry, the forum won't let me post a URL, but you can find it on Canon's web site) the S100 can not save its logs when using an Eye-Fi card (Page 114 of the manual):
If "an Eye-Fi card is inserted in the camera, you will not be able to save GPS log files."

I'm curious why this is. Is the battery life just too bad with GPS *and* WiFi running?

[jsun]

hi hansendc,

Apparently when the GPS logger is enabled, the camera continues to log data even when the camera is off. Maybe the camera provides just enough power to keep a standard SD card available for writing, but not enough to properly initialize the Eye-Fi card. Just a guess.

We have a few posts about SX230 GPS logging in the forums, but I didn't notice any mention of what actually happens when you turn on the GPS logger with the Eye-Fi card inserted. Does it even let you enable the feature? Does it create a log file at all?

Thanks.

[hansendc]

hi hansendc,
We have a few posts about SX230 GPS logging in the forums, but I didn't notice any mention of what actually happens when you turn on the GPS logger with the Eye-Fi card inserted. Does it even let you enable the feature? Does it create a log file at all?

It doesn't even let you enable the feature. The menu item for logging just gets grayed out.

[jsun]

Thanks for the update, just wanted to make sure.

Maybe Canon disabled this because the feature didn't work right with our cards, or as you said maybe it's just a battery saving measure so the card doesn't also try to upload when the camera is turned off.