Canon PL C B - filter - circular polarizer - 58 mm
Mfg # 2188B001AA
CDW # 1817155
| UNSPSC 45121600
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The Canon PL C B Circular Polarizer Filter is multi-coated for improved picture quality and has a thin design with front threads for mounting a lens cover over the filter. It increases color saturation, decreases reflection from water or glass surfaces, and does not affect autofocus or TTL metering.
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Canon PL C B - filter - circular polarizer - 58 mm is rated
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Rated 5 out of
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SEH from
Map Utility
Support for Map Utility i non-existant. 11 charcters too short!
Date published: 2016-03-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
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Hipshot from
Works great with the 70D
Just purchased the 70D with the GPS-E2. Works great without the need to use the cable to the USB port. The only disappointment is that you need to remove the GPS for the pop-up flash to pop-up.
Date published: 2013-11-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
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paul from
Very accurate
Used in various places around the world. Match perfectly position as Google Earth, etc. As long in direct view of satellites extremely accurate. That.s not the case of cities where high buildings reduce the "access" to satellites signals resulting in some errors - applicable to any GPS receiver anyhow. Very satisfied about it!
Date published: 2012-10-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
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Neighbourlarry from
Erratic performance and poor service, at best
I bought my first GP-2E 2 years ago. I worked well for 18 months. Two months ago I bought a replacement. It quit working 1 week later. I returned it and bought another. It worked well for 2 weeks. Then in the middle of Australia with no tall buildings, etc., to obscure the sky, it quit syncing to a GPS signal. A few days later, in the middle of the Hong Kong high rise buildings, it worked better than expected. There is something flawed in the product.
When the first GP-2E failed, I called Canon service. The rep did not even know Canon offered the product. The solution offered was to buy a replacement.
Now I am faced with out of date Canon software that will not work with the latest version of Mac OS. I expect Canon will not upgrade their software. Since the GP-E2 has been out of stock for stock on their website for months, I expect the product is being discontinued.
Date published: 2019-12-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
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smaruzzi from
Truly recommend it
The receiver looks like a small space starship once mounted on my Canon 5D Mark III. Works nicely and easily. Sometimes connecting to the GPS takes 2-3 minutes, but cannot indicate in which conditions it is much slower than the norm. Having pictures tagged with all coordinates is a very nice feature to have, primarily went in urban areas or in the wilderness. Actually, it is useful everywhere. Always travel with spare batteries just in case. Forgot to turn it off only the first time: lesson learnt.
Date published: 2013-05-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
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Gary Mak from
Rugged and reliable
I've had this for 7 years now and it works reliably. The single AA battery lasts for a long time - days - as I usually leave it on while shooting and event packing away while moving from one site to another for logging the entire trip. This works with many Canon camera models and now the new R5 also uses it, so unlike batteries that seem to be different for each model, this can be used across a wide spectrum of models. I use it with a rechargeable battery. No complaints.
Date published: 2020-11-17T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
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John8 from
Works fairly well but . .
This unit comes with a decent software package but one very import thing is missing. It does not use or have the option to use UTM, which most mapping is using now. Lat and long haven't been in favor for some time now, at least 10 years so it would be nice if Canon offered this in the FW, etc.
Date published: 2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
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SonomaBear from
"Must Have" for EOS R Travel Photography
Many times I travel to locations not served by cell towers -- thus my phone is no longer capable of GPS geotagging. Satellite service is still available so this device works flawlessly.
The EOS R works very well with GP-E2 with a minor exception - the direction is not recorded in the EXIF (no big deal, all I want is location!
The "Map Utility" may be hard to download since the website does not yet support the very latest versions of Mac OS -- just over-ride the OS version to the previous (supported) version!
The GPS log function works as advertised, just be aware that the output is in Google Maps format Lightroom uses the more common GPX format but there are web based converters. With these logs, you might be able to geotag your phone pictures as well in non-Canon software.
If you want GPS location info, this is far better than trying to cut from phone images and paste into Canon images.
Date published: 2019-01-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
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fling from
Quite Satisfied
I own the 24-70 2.8L and the 24 - 105 4.0L. my biggest gripe has been the the lack of sharpness on the edges at the widest angle at 24 mm, as well as the darkness around the edges during indoor group shooting. I purchase the 24 mm 2.8 IS because I was tied of the poor quality of my wide angle group shoots with the 24-70, I must say this lens is a breath of fresh air, I am quite please with the results. I f you find yourself shooting a lot of indoor group shoots, this lens will will make one very happy, I considered the the 24 mm 1.4 L but this is a pleasing cheaper alternative.
Date published: 2012-07-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
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NPA from
Gift purchase
Purchased as a gift - recipient loves it! Solid feel.
Date published: 2020-11-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
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Copedrums from
Favorite lens so far
I bought this lens to use in low light places such as bars for promotional work. This thing is so much better for me than my 50 1.4 or 18-55 and 55-250. It works. The low light capabilities combined with the wide angle have produced images better than I ever dreamed of straight out of the camera. The IS is an extra feature that I haven't used other than for video. Quick focus. Sharp from edge to edge. I've used this for many landscape pictures and long exposures. The lens rarely comes off my camera. It's light enough for a walk around lens. By far the best lens I own. I was shocked that it wasn't an "L" series lens with how sharp and bright it was. Definitely worth the money. I even bought a friend one I liked it that much.
Date published: 2015-03-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
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icannotusemyownnametwice from
Lasted a long time - but Canon doesn't support it well
I bought my unit in 2013, so I've been using it for almost 10 years. It worked very well until it didn't. One day recently (at Machu Picchu no less! it just stopped inputting the data into my R5. It looked like it was working (GPS signal indicators including the viewfinder "GPS" light all were working) but there was no data input into the EXIF file! Upon returning home and checking it out with a 5DMKIII, I found the same issue, so it was the unit. Sent it in to Canon. A few days later I got it back, and was disappointed by the short note from Canon, "...it is a non-repairable item...we are returning it." That was it. Nothing. No explanation. Upon further investigation, it seems this product is warranted for a year, and after that, if it breaks, you just have to buy a new one! That's it.
I've used it for almost 10 years, so I can attest to the reliability and to some extent, durability, under moderate use conditions. I understand that circuit boards - which make up probably 95% of this thing - just "up and die." That’s the nature of it. So, I will buy another one. This review is based on my decade of moderate use. I was going to ding it a star based on Canon's lousy support, but that's a different issue, not product-related.
Battery life on this thing is terrific. I turn it on before I arrive at my location and leave it on all day until I return “home”. The battery under those conditions will last probably 2, maybe 3 days. It's much easier just to leave this on than to continually turn it on, off, then on and wait for it to connect, then shoot. Leaving it on all the time means it’s ready to go when you pull out your gear and press the shutter.
Of course, using a rechargeable battery is the way to go with this unit. That way you are not adding batteries to the landfill.
While this unit can be used off the hot shoe, 95% of the time it’s best to just mount it on the hot-shoe. No extra dongles/wires are required. There may be some occasions where you are using an on-camera flash, or a wireless trigger AND you want to use a GPS, but that would really be for special outdoor situations most photographers won't encounter very often.
There is a backup option, btw, which you can use to connect your smartphone to some of the newer Canon cameras (like the R-series) via a poorly-rated Canon App (CanonConnect) from the App Store. It works, but you would be relying on a cell phone company and your cell phone’s GPS triangular system rather than the satellite GPS of this GP-E2 unit. I have found that the iPhone is not as accurate (putting me in my neighbor’s house 2 houses down instead of my back yard!) but, if this unit fails in the field, such as mine did, keep this in mind as it’s helpful in a pinch (So download the app now, as a back up, and learn how to use it.)
When you are traveling internationally, you don’t need anything except this unit to record very accurate GPS info.
Having the GPS data for every image, if you haven’t been doing this, is one of those “I can’t believe I haven’t done this before” scenarios. It gives your images, especially those taken outdoors, an important added dimension to know EXACTLY where you took it, not just “Yosemite National Park…”
Date published: 2022-07-12T00:00:00-04:00