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Hi guys, it's me--- Pam --- again. I just got my "new" open box 100rs. Seemed fine, except that the power cord is missing. Is that a biggie? Everything else was in the box.

I loaded up the new CF 256mb card I bought and the batteries that came with it. They worked for a short while, but then needed charging, so I switched to fully charged batteries (NiMH) that I had bought and they worked fine for a while (maybe 3 - 4 hours -- I took the camera off sleep mode as I was playing with it and setting everything). I took pictures of my doggies in the house and they came out great. But even then the camera would not take continuous pictures when I put it in that mode.

Today was its first trial taking pictures of horses. I took spare batteries (just the cheap "off the shelf" kind). When I got to the stable, camera said "dead batteries", so I switched out to the new ones. Camera said "dead batteries", so I went to gas station and bought 4 Duracells. Camera said "dead batteries". It would take 1 picture, then go dead on me. It would not take a continuous mode picture no matter what I did. Is that due to the battery situation?

Any suggestions are eagerly appreciated. This camera was a return, so ther is a good chance it has a defect. There is also a good chance I am doing something wrong. I will go and buy a battery tester, to see if it is the battery or the camera. But shouldn't ALL AA batteries work in this camera?

As far as the continuous mode problem, is there anything special I have to do, other than put it on continuous mode? I also put it on that pre-picture option, which I am not really sure how it works, even though I read the book (quickly). Could that be interfering with the continuous mode?

Thanks again for any help. You all were SUCH a help in my decision making process, I just knew I would be back here again. Too bad it is with a problem, and not some neat pictures to show off.

Pam
--
Pam Mahony
 
Pam,

You must use NIMH rechargeable bats, preferably rated at 1700 MAH or higher. Regular alkalines are worthless in the E100.

2b
 
Pam Mahony said:
Any suggestions are eagerly appreciated. This camera was a return,
so ther is a good chance it has a defect. There is also a good
chance I am doing something wrong. I will go and buy a battery
tester, to see if it is the battery or the camera. But shouldn't
ALL AA batteries work in this camera?
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Digital cameras have a very high current requirement. Ordinary batteries have a very short lifetime in any of them. The only reliable power source that you can put in is rechargable Nickle-Metal-Hydride (NiMH) rated at at least 1600 milli-ampere-hours. Cary a spare set of those.
Pam Mahony said:
As far as the continuous mode problem, is there anything special I
have to do, other than put it on continuous mode? I also put it on
that pre-picture option, which I am not really sure how it works,
even though I read the book (quickly). Could that be interfering
with the continuous mode?
Click to expand...
For continuous mode you have to hold the shutter button down during the period that you want be taking. Aside from that, I'm not sure what you're running into. Try posting a very detailed description of what you do and what you are expecting.
--
Fritz (3 x C-21OO, B-3OO, FL-4O)
 
Pam, sounds like the batteries. I do not know which charger you have.
IMHO the best charger is the RayOVac 1 hour w/2 NiMH AA batteries.

Saw a post 2 days ago that Fry's were $25. Look for the pack that has the 'car cord' included, if not call the RayOVac 800# and tell them they were all out of the one w/car cord. They will send you one.
WalMart has them for $30, Sears too.
Just saw 1800mah/4 at Ritz for $10. Sunpak brand, maybe the flash folks.
 
wb wrote:

OK, so now I have my answer to the battery problem, and 3 sets of the best kind of NiMH batteries (the AA2's). They seem to be costing $14/set of 4. I believe in the Energiser Bunny, so I am going with him instead of Raovac, even though I have a Rayovac recharger....

But this Continuous Mode problem is getting to me, since this is the whole reason I bought the dang camera. I have taken it off Pre Capture, just in case that was confusing me or the camera, and I now have it on 5x/second in Continuous Mode (the icon with the boxes that overlap in an upper left to lower right direction). I frame the picture and I hold the button 1/2 way down to let the camera focus. Then I press the button and hold it down. The shutter takes one picture (goes dark on me once) and then stops. Nothing more. The camera has no idea that I want it to take more pictures.

I am not in TIFF mode. I am taking pictures in SHQ 1360 x 1024. According to the book, I should be able to take Continuous Mode at that setting. Funny thing, tho. In the set up mode, the only two resolutions offered are TIFF and SQ. Not SHQ. How did I get to SHQ and that resolution?

Back to my one earlier question which you guys have not yet answered --- When will I need the power cord, the one that was missing from my box?

And another question: The camera seems so jiggly, when trying to focus on a picture of a horse moving a high speed. Any suggestions? The one real action picture I did get was clear and was taken at 1/500th of a second, so I guess I did OK.

And yet another question: What do you all do about sleep mode? The camera came set at 1 minute. I tried it at that and it made me crazy, so I took it off sleep. Now I have it at 5 minutes. Am I unnecessarily wearing down batteries? Should I learn to live with 1 - 2 minutes?

I have put the camera on custom setting so I do not have to keep changing everything. Any other suggestions for making this camera "mine"?

--
Pam
 
Pam Mahony said:
wb wrote:
OK, so now I have my answer to the battery problem, and 3 sets of
the best kind of NiMH batteries (the AA2's). They seem to be
costing $14/set of 4. I believe in the Energiser Bunny, so I am
going with him instead of Raovac, even though I have a Rayovac
recharger....

But this Continuous Mode problem is getting to me, since this is
the whole reason I bought the dang camera. I have taken it off
Pre Capture, just in case that was confusing me or the camera, and
I now have it on 5x/second in Continuous Mode (the icon with the
boxes that overlap in an upper left to lower right direction). I
frame the picture and I hold the button 1/2 way down to let the
camera focus. Then I press the button and hold it down. The
shutter takes one picture (goes dark on me once) and then stops.
Nothing more. The camera has no idea that I want it to take more
pictures.

I am not in TIFF mode. I am taking pictures in SHQ 1360 x 1024.
According to the book, I should be able to take Continuous Mode at
that setting. Funny thing, tho. In the set up mode, the only two
resolutions offered are TIFF and SQ. Not SHQ. How did I get to
SHQ and that resolution?

Back to my one earlier question which you guys have not yet
answered --- When will I need the power cord, the one that was
missing from my box?

And another question: The camera seems so jiggly, when trying to
focus on a picture of a horse moving a high speed. Any
suggestions? The one real action picture I did get was clear and
was taken at 1/500th of a second, so I guess I did OK.

And yet another question: What do you all do about sleep mode?
The camera came set at 1 minute. I tried it at that and it made me
crazy, so I took it off sleep. Now I have it at 5 minutes. Am I
unnecessarily wearing down batteries? Should I learn to live with
1 - 2 minutes?

I have put the camera on custom setting so I do not have to keep
changing everything. Any other suggestions for making this camera
"mine"?

--
Pam
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I don't know your camera in detail, but I can't help thinking that you might hav recieved a defect camera. Maybe you should ask the dealer for another one, or send it in for repair. And you should definatly complain about the missing item in the box.

--
Bjarne
----------
Olympus C-700UZ - http://www.pbase.com/bjarnechr
 
Pam Mahony said:
wb wrote:
OK, so now I have my answer to the battery problem, and 3 sets of
the best kind of NiMH batteries (the AA2's). They seem to be
costing $14/set of 4. I believe in the Energiser Bunny, so I am
going with him instead of Raovac, even though I have a Rayovac
recharger....

But this Continuous Mode problem is getting to me, since this is
the whole reason I bought the dang camera. I have taken it off
Pre Capture, just in case that was confusing me or the camera, and
I now have it on 5x/second in Continuous Mode (the icon with the
boxes that overlap in an upper left to lower right direction). I
frame the picture and I hold the button 1/2 way down to let the
camera focus. Then I press the button and hold it down. The
shutter takes one picture (goes dark on me once) and then stops.
Nothing more. The camera has no idea that I want it to take more
pictures.

I am not in TIFF mode. I am taking pictures in SHQ 1360 x 1024.
According to the book, I should be able to take Continuous Mode at
that setting. Funny thing, tho. In the set up mode, the only two
resolutions offered are TIFF and SQ. Not SHQ. How did I get to
SHQ and that resolution?
Click to expand...
If you are in manual or S priority and have selected a shutter speed slower than 1/30 second, the camera will be unable to burst. Set to P and try (note the shutter speed).
Pam Mahony said:
Back to my one earlier question which you guys have not yet
answered --- When will I need the power cord, the one that was
missing from my box?
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The power cord was not missing; it's not included.
Pam Mahony said:
And another question: The camera seems so jiggly, when trying to
focus on a picture of a horse moving a high speed. Any
suggestions? The one real action picture I did get was clear and
was taken at 1/500th of a second, so I guess I did OK.
Click to expand...
Follow the subject with both eyes open (one looking through the EVF).
Pam Mahony said:
And yet another question: What do you all do about sleep mode?
The camera came set at 1 minute. I tried it at that and it made me
crazy, so I took it off sleep. Now I have it at 5 minutes. Am I
unnecessarily wearing down batteries? Should I learn to live with
1 - 2 minutes?
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I bumped the time up on mine too. To quickly take it out of sleep mode, push the zoom lever either direction.
Pam Mahony said:
I have put the camera on custom setting so I do not have to keep
changing everything. Any other suggestions for making this camera
"mine"?

--
Pam
Click to expand...
 
Oh, before some bright person tells me to push the DRIVE button, I did that, too...... :O(((( Just forgot to mention it.....

Thanks for letting me know that the power cord is not included. It was on the list of the things that should have been in the box, but I could not see what I would need it for, so that is one worry off my mind.

And, for newcomers to this saga of Pam and her 100rs -- this was an open box purchase from eBay, so, no dealer to return it to. And its a discontinued model, so other camera to get instead. I fear that if it is truly defective, I shall be waving it off to the great repair center in the sky for months and months, just when I want and need it. MAJOR BUMMER!!!!

Who was it who just got a 100rs 2 weeks ago from Fryes, just when I got mine on eBay? Is he part of this thread, or is he out taking pictures and happily going about his business with his new camera? Reason I am asking is that I want to know exactly what steps he took from opening the box to shooting his first Sequential Mode shots. Perhaps if I follow that sequence, I can finally determine if I have a dud or not.
 
Pam, I was the one that got it from Outpost.com. I was just about to write you and see if you got your camera and how much you liked it. I would either return it (hopefully you put it on your credit card) or call Olympus and talk to them. They have been pretty helpful to me and the West Coast repair service seems to be pretty quick.

I would guess that because it was an open box that people were fiddling with it and messed all the settings up, maybe permently. Another thought is to take it to the local camera dealer and have them check the settings for you.

Good luck and feel to write anytime.

Hoe did the COTH partygo?
 
Pam Mahony said:
But this Continuous Mode problem is getting to me, since this is
the whole reason I bought the dang camera. I have taken it off
Pre Capture, just in case that was confusing me or the camera, and
I now have it on 5x/second in Continuous Mode (the icon with the
boxes that overlap in an upper left to lower right direction). I
frame the picture and I hold the button 1/2 way down to let the
camera focus. Then I press the button and hold it down. The
shutter takes one picture (goes dark on me once) and then stops.
Nothing more. The camera has no idea that I want it to take more
pictures.
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Are you sure it doen's take consecutive pictures? Did you try to check out the pictures? If you do that on-camera, you have to push Drive button to "open" the sequence.
Pam Mahony said:
I am not in TIFF mode. I am taking pictures in SHQ 1360 x 1024.
According to the book, I should be able to take Continuous Mode at
that setting. Funny thing, tho. In the set up mode, the only two
resolutions offered are TIFF and SQ. Not SHQ. How did I get to
SHQ and that resolution?
Click to expand...
I don't have my manual handy, but afair, you can't change resolution for SHQ, it's set at 1360x1024. Changing recordy mode (SQ, HQ, SHQ, TIFF) is in a different menu, not in the same as where you change resolution for TIFF and HQ.
Pam Mahony said:
Back to my one earlier question which you guys have not yet
answered --- When will I need the power cord, the one that was
missing from my box?
Click to expand...
At first I was thinking about getting one (orignal Oly cost $60!), but I actually never needed external power supply, so now I'm not going to buy one.
Pam Mahony said:
And another question: The camera seems so jiggly, when trying to
focus on a picture of a horse moving a high speed. Any
suggestions? The one real action picture I did get was clear and
was taken at 1/500th of a second, so I guess I did OK.
Click to expand...
When taking picture of a moving object, try to pre-focus, or set the focus manually.
Pam Mahony said:
And yet another question: What do you all do about sleep mode?
The camera came set at 1 minute. I tried it at that and it made me
crazy, so I took it off sleep. Now I have it at 5 minutes. Am I
unnecessarily wearing down batteries? Should I learn to live with
1 - 2 minutes?
Click to expand...
Set it at whatever time is suitable for you (and make sure you have an extra battery set with you :) I keep mine on 1min, but take it off sleep when that bothers me.

--
--S.
http://www.armscontrol.ru/photo/
 
1) new batteries should work at least for a while--this should not
effect the drive mode
2) In the menu you must set the burst sequence to either
15 fps, 7fps or 5 fps
3) then you enable the drive button on the camera like you did
4) then you take the pics, keeping the shutter pressed--you will not
hear the shutter, it is silent, almost like when you shoot in movie mode
5) when looking at the pics it is tricky--you cannot scroll through
them--they are stacked in the same icon. It is possible you
did take a burst of shots and did not know it. When you get to

an icon (thumbnail) which is a sequence it will look different and you must follow
an extra step to look at the sequence pics.

good luck, you have confirmed why I stay away from the auctions
w/o a warranty and w/o the right to return.
equitationlane said:
Pam, I was the one that got it from Outpost.com. I was just about
to write you and see if you got your camera and how much you liked
it. I would either return it (hopefully you put it on your credit
card) or call Olympus and talk to them. They have been pretty
helpful to me and the West Coast repair service seems to be pretty
quick.

I would guess that because it was an open box that people were
fiddling with it and messed all the settings up, maybe permently.
Another thought is to take it to the local camera dealer and have
them check the settings for you.

Good luck and feel to write anytime.

Hoe did the COTH partygo?
Click to expand...
--
UZI,d40,s110
 
Pam My 1st suggestion is to go into(Camera) menu page 5/5
Go to mode Setup, push arrow to right, then ok

now you should be at screen 1/3 , You should see all Reset at top,click arrow to right and turn it off. ( This way once you figure out the settings and how they work they won't be reset everytime the camera shuts off.)

Then read manual on particular settings. If pre capture is on it will say Pre with an icon on top of camera in led, also there will be a continuous icon with a number that corresponds to the FPS setting.
Hope that helps. Also Use the proper batteries.
Pam Mahony said:
Hi guys, it's me--- Pam --- again. I just got my "new" open box
100rs. Seemed fine, except that the power cord is missing. Is that
a biggie? Everything else was in the box.

I loaded up the new CF 256mb card I bought and the batteries that
came with it. They worked for a short while, but then needed
charging, so I switched to fully charged batteries (NiMH) that I
had bought and they worked fine for a while (maybe 3 - 4 hours -- I
took the camera off sleep mode as I was playing with it and setting
everything). I took pictures of my doggies in the house and they
came out great. But even then the camera would not take
continuous pictures when I put it in that mode.

Today was its first trial taking pictures of horses. I took spare
batteries (just the cheap "off the shelf" kind). When I got to the
stable, camera said "dead batteries", so I switched out to the new
ones. Camera said "dead batteries", so I went to gas station and
bought 4 Duracells. Camera said "dead batteries". It would take
1 picture, then go dead on me. It would not take a continuous mode
picture no matter what I did. Is that due to the battery situation?

Any suggestions are eagerly appreciated. This camera was a return,
so ther is a good chance it has a defect. There is also a good
chance I am doing something wrong. I will go and buy a battery
tester, to see if it is the battery or the camera. But shouldn't
ALL AA batteries work in this camera?

As far as the continuous mode problem, is there anything special I
have to do, other than put it on continuous mode? I also put it on
that pre-picture option, which I am not really sure how it works,
even though I read the book (quickly). Could that be interfering
with the continuous mode?

Thanks again for any help. You all were SUCH a help in my decision
making process, I just knew I would be back here again. Too bad it
is with a problem, and not some neat pictures to show off.

Pam
--
Pam Mahony
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--

E-100rs,A-200,2100,Canon,Nikon,Casio,Sony
 
equitationlane said:
Hoe did the COTH partygo?
Click to expand...
LOLOLOL You can't keep crossing lives on me...... You are messing up my brain, bringing COTH into the Olympus Forum! :O))) Stay put where you belong, over THERE > :O)))) and I will tell you about the non party...

So your sequential pictures work just fine? What settings are you using? I will try it using EXACTLY the same settings and give it one last try before bundling up my new baby and sending her off.

However the Keeneland and Fasig Tipton summer yearling sales are next week, and since she takes great single shots, I will keep her through that, so I can snap pics of the $5,000,000 sale topper, and them that's got the $$ to buy such horses. Oh its a fun week in Lexington, mingling with the mega rich......
--
Pam
 
Pam Mahony said:
So your sequential pictures work just fine? What settings are you
using? I will try it using EXACTLY the same settings and give it
one last try before bundling up my new baby and sending her off.
Click to expand...
Pam,

Let me repeat an observation that another poster made: When the EZI takes multiple shots it stores them under a single icon when you review. As I recall from my daughter's EZI, when you first move to one of them in review, it has a banner on it that says something about Drive, and you have to push the Drive button to drill down into the sequence. SO:
1) Carefully reread that portion of the manual dealing with viewing pictures.

2) Download your pictures to the computer and see if the multiple images might actually be there.

--
Fritz (3 x C-21OO, B-3OO, FL-4O)
 
Good suggestion, but before doing that, I would turn the camera on and
move the power switch lever all the way to the "reset" position to force
restoration of the factory standard settings. That will set a "known"
starting point.

Pam - I don't think I saw anyone address your mention of the image

moving around when zoomed in... be sure you have the IS (image stabilization) turned on. You'll see the little hand in the EVF if it is.

Also, someone else mentioned that you won't hear it taking multiple
images. You can hear it if you go into the "mode setup" and

enable sound with the option that looks like a little camera with "sound lines" coming out of it.

Also, when drive mode is working, while the shutter is held down you should

see a horizontal progress bar in the right center of the EVF that grows with each captured shot, along with a vertical bar on the left side showing how much buffer space is left (sequence mode will stop when you let go of the shutter or the buffer fills up.).

Press the "info" button by the EVF a few times to make sure you have a "full display" of all the options in there.
rsmedia1 said:
Pam My 1st suggestion is to go into(Camera) menu page 5/5
Go to mode Setup, push arrow to right, then ok
now you should be at screen 1/3 , You should see all Reset at
top,click arrow to right and turn it off. ( This way once you
figure out the settings and how they work they won't be reset
everytime the camera shuts off.)
Then read manual on particular settings. If pre capture is on it
will say Pre with an icon on top of camera in led, also there will
be a continuous icon with a number that corresponds to the FPS
setting.
Hope that helps. Also Use the proper batteries.
Click to expand...
 
It will say EXTENED--> DRIVE

Another way is to simply upload the images from the camera (or via a card reader) and count how many you have vs the number of times you pressed the shutter.

But since you seem to think it's just taking the one shot.... make sure you're

not in one of the modes that prevents sequence from working (e.g. if the flash is up).
Fritz said:
Pam Mahony said:
So your sequential pictures work just fine? What settings are you
using? I will try it using EXACTLY the same settings and give it
one last try before bundling up my new baby and sending her off.
Click to expand...
Pam,

Let me repeat an observation that another poster made: When the EZI
takes multiple shots it stores them under a single icon when you
review. As I recall from my daughter's EZI, when you first move to
one of them in review, it has a banner on it that says something
about Drive, and you have to push the Drive button to drill down
into the sequence. SO:
1) Carefully reread that portion of the manual dealing with viewing
pictures.
2) Download your pictures to the computer and see if the multiple
images might actually be there.

--
Fritz (3 x C-21OO, B-3OO, FL-4O)
Click to expand...
 
picked up a ton of info from your post. Thanks and hope you get things worked out. The jar
Pam Mahony said:
Hi guys, it's me--- Pam --- again. I just got my "new" open box
100rs. Seemed fine, except that the power cord is missing. Is that
a biggie? Everything else was in the box.

I loaded up the new CF 256mb card I bought and the batteries that
came with it. They worked for a short while, but then needed
charging, so I switched to fully charged batteries (NiMH) that I
had bought and they worked fine for a while (maybe 3 - 4 hours -- I
took the camera off sleep mode as I was playing with it and setting
everything). I took pictures of my doggies in the house and they
came out great. But even then the camera would not take
continuous pictures when I put it in that mode.

Today was its first trial taking pictures of horses. I took spare
batteries (just the cheap "off the shelf" kind). When I got to the
stable, camera said "dead batteries", so I switched out to the new
ones. Camera said "dead batteries", so I went to gas station and
bought 4 Duracells. Camera said "dead batteries". It would take
1 picture, then go dead on me. It would not take a continuous mode
picture no matter what I did. Is that due to the battery situation?

Any suggestions are eagerly appreciated. This camera was a return,
so ther is a good chance it has a defect. There is also a good
chance I am doing something wrong. I will go and buy a battery
tester, to see if it is the battery or the camera. But shouldn't
ALL AA batteries work in this camera?

As far as the continuous mode problem, is there anything special I
have to do, other than put it on continuous mode? I also put it on
that pre-picture option, which I am not really sure how it works,
even though I read the book (quickly). Could that be interfering
with the continuous mode?

Thanks again for any help. You all were SUCH a help in my decision
making process, I just knew I would be back here again. Too bad it
is with a problem, and not some neat pictures to show off.

Pam
--
Pam Mahony
Click to expand...
 
Yet again, you all are great with suggestions. I DID not know you had to press DRIVE to view Sequential pictures, and now I do. But I still do not have any. Before, I was just going by the number of pictures left on the picture counter to confirm that I was not getting sequential pictures. But, to me it was also obvious, given the length of time the shutter stayed closed and the viewfindeer stayed black. It could not have been more than one shot.

I guess I could/should put everything back to factory settings. It would be good practice to change all the settinge back to my personal perferences, without using the Cliff Notes.

I will paly with her once again tomorow. For tonight I must sleep.........
 
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