The new hotshoe-mounted O-GPS1 module fixes that oversight by recording latitude, longitude, altitude, Coordinated Universal Time and shooting angle.

ENGADGET: Pentax releases O-GPS1 add-on for DSLRs, appeals to astronomy nuts

Miranda Gavin is a photographic educator, journalist and photographer and Deputy and Online Editor of the bimonthly contemporary photography magazine HotShoe.

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Everyday snappers might find an extra hotshoe attachment cumbersome, but astro-photography enthusiasts could well be enticed by the device's interesting "ASTROTRACER" function.

ENGADGET: Pentax releases O-GPS1 add-on for DSLRs, appeals to astronomy nuts