Michael Meissner

I'm not sure whether this would work, but this is a DIY focus assist light.  You probably want to modify it so the light is on for a little bit after the focus assist part.  I would imagine you...

I dunno, it is a hard question to answer.  We expect more from our photo gear than we did back then, and most of us have progressed in terms of ability as well. I still have my C-2100UZ, and take...

E-PL1 does support the VF-2 viewfinder.  I believe on the E-PL1 you may have needed a firmware update to support the lower spec/lower cost VF-3 viewfinder. Note, buried in the announcement of the...

What I really want is a combined app that has the camera and pan/tilt/zoom/focus controls on a tripod..  From a single app, I want to be able to control all settings on the camera, and not just use...

Well you have to figure that using the wifi will reduce the amount of time the camera will run on a single set of batteries (just like it does with my phone BTW).  Unfortunately there currently...

First of all, most people only have one camera, and may only have one lens.  So yes, you may have all sorts of hoods, but the majority of people reading this forum do not. Second, maybe you have...

Olympus used to be different, in that most of the classic 4/3rds lenses included a hood.  Many of the complaints are from people like me who mourn for what Olympus used to provide, compared to what...

First of all, the LCD is fairly tiny in the VF, and in general, you would need to hold it to your eye to see the shot clearly. I'm not sure it would make many subjects more comfortable, unless...

I suspect both of these need more cpu power, and likely cannot be back ported to the older cameras.  And note, Olympus rarely back ports major features to older cameras, even for simple things.

I wrote the following when I got a clearviewer specially modded to work with my leather case: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/38501501 Personally, I have problems with both VF-2 and...

Tyhsu: Good choice of camera stores (Hunts).  Most of my Oly's came from there.  In case you didn't know about it, they will be having their Olympus photo safari in 2 weeks.  At present, I haven't...

For my E-P2 and now E-PM2, I like the Domke 1" gripper strap with swivel.  For the E-5, I prefer the wider 1 1/2" gripper...

Well, assuming you live in the USA, I found several that were under $10 for shutter release and priority mail shipping (one from New Jersey, one from California, there was a Florida seller, but the...

If you have the electronic scraps and a spare cable, that is a good mod.  But with the price of a RM-UC1 clone now down to $2.38 on ebay, I suspect most people would opt out and just buy the cable....

In my first steampunk camera, I put my E-P2 inside of a 1915 Kodak Pony Premo 5x7 body.  Due to the placement of the cable for the shutter release, I wasn't able to use the electronic shutter...

Some people need them for various reasons. I have shot with the camera raised above my head and a cable release was invaluable to get the shot.  Some real estate agents take it a step further and...

See my other post for my speculations on this. If you are shooting in a small room, mounting the flash on a bracket will probably work, since the flash will see reflections off the walls from the...

The FL-LM1/FL-LM2 clip-on flashes (E-PL3, E-PL5, E-PM1, E-PM2, E-M5) and the pop-up flash (DSLRs, E-PL1, E-PL2, E-P3) are not capable of doing FP-TTL mode.  The menu item you refer to controls the...

Here is a DIY focus assist light that was posted in 2010: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/35983456 And if you haven't seen it before, this site specializes in various DIY camera...

Olympus remote flashes are controlled via light pulses, not radio waves.  The accessory port is used to control various things, the electronic view finders (VF-2/VF-3), external microphone...