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Am I missing something?
None of my ten pin plug cameras have inbuilt Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or IR, these 'pinout' and 'Unleashed' gismos simply provide the interface to allow use with a mobile 'phone to provide the remote control. How can an external controller communicate with my cameras without either a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi adaptor, or a wire?
I already have a Nikon ML-3 IR controller but that only provides a remote shutter release, the IR receiver sits in the flash hot shoe and connects to the camera with a ten pin plug. Maybe has a range of 10 to 20 feet? If ever funds allow I will get at least one Unleashed unit and leave it permanently mounted in the D800, where it will provide GPS data in the EXIF, in addition to the remote control features. It only draws power when the camera if turned on, so there should be no serious penalty for it's use.
I note that according to the sales blurb, the IR remote only works with certain Galaxy 'phones but I know even less about Android than I do about iPhones! LOL
Robert, there is a potential problem with a GPS device that is powered only when the camera is powered. The GPS device will need to acquire the satellites before it can send any data to the camera to be inserted into the EXIF data. The advantage of the pinout, or similar, device is that it uses your phone's GPS which is always on meaning there is no acquisition delay and you can shoot immediately.
I would quite like that functionality but there are other devices that can do what I would like too.