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Looks very nice, and the sample shots (although way too many are outdoors) look pretty good from a noise standpoint.

But... still no interval timer? And the remote input is... A USB PORT? Good luck working around the lack of interval timer with an external one, with that asinine choice of shutter-release connectivity.

Come on, Olympus. Put a proper interval timer in your cameras. A non-SLR camera would be an excellent choice for time lapse, since it lacks the bulky and noisy mirror mechanism.
 
...among other things.

Remember the Digita OS which early Kodak had? People were porting mame and running Doom on Kodak cameras (A bit silly, I know). Digital cameras are nothing but a embedded computer with lens and a sensor. Why are we still stuck in film land? Why can't I add scripts to my camera and execute them?

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I miss the Intervalometer as well.
It's so simple to implement on Digital Camera.
It should be in any Digital Camera, I hope they'll add in a Firmware Update.

Does any other Olympus camera have it?

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This is sad...
Olympus should use this option more often.
It's a windows for creativity so connected to the Brand.
iso rivolta said:
Royi Avital said:
I miss the Intervalometer as well.
It's so simple to implement on Digital Camera.
It should be in any Digital Camera, I hope they'll add in a Firmware
Update.

Does any other Olympus camera have it?

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Some SP series Olympus compacts and superzooms have an intervalometer function (time lapse recording), but no Olympus DSLR has it. It's still possible by using the Olympus Studio software when the DSLR is connected to o computer.
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... and considering the target market for this camera, it won't be missed. Still, an interval timer would be a welcomed addition in future Olympus cameras.

Cheerio,
Seth

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Just saw your thread in passing and thought I might assist.

I'm not personally interested in the E-P1 but I know that the Chinese timer remote works with E series DSLRs. I'm presuming that E-P1 accepts a remote too.

Just search for olympus timer remote on eBay (a few at about £30 come up on UK site)
  • Timer delay: 0s to 99hrs 59min 59s in 1s increments
  • Exposure time: 0s to 99hrs 59min 59s in 1s increments
  • Interval: 0s to 99hrs 59min 59s in 1s increments
  • No of exposures: up to 399
Shame about the last figure as this limits movies (e.g. 16.6sec at 24fps) if that's what you want to do. 100hr exposure time is a bit extreme though!

Getting one for the E-520 instead of usual remote.
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Jn Ragnarsson said:
Why can't I add scripts to my camera and execute them?
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Are you serious?

But I do agree that most cameras should have a builtin intervalometer.

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GodSpeaks said:
Jn Ragnarsson said:
Why can't I add scripts to my camera and execute them?
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Are you serious?
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I seriously want that. I'd like to make an intervalometer program with exponential smoothing on the exposure parameters, for instance. In general, I'd like to have the ability to implement something myself if the hardware is capable but the firmware doesn't have the functionality.
GodSpeaks said:
But I do agree that most cameras should have a builtin intervalometer.
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This could have been the camera that significantly diminished interest and sales of bulky dslr's and their large lenses to the masses but lacking a VF and built in flash will relegate it to the same niche as the Sigma DP-1 and DP-2.

Maybe Olympus intentionally omitted these two key features since it might be shooting themselves in the foot.

That said , it is inevitable for Nikon , Canon , and maybe others to introduce a comparable compact with large sensor and I'd wager they will at least have a flash incorporated. And hopefully some type of VF that will allow composition in the bright outdoors.

Regardless of the built in flash and VF value placed by some low light shooters , these are must have features to the greater masses who prefer a compact camera. Especially one with a price that far exceeds that of a department store P&S.
 
John Tracy said:
the greater masses who prefer a compact camera. Especially one with a price that
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Surely you must have noticed that most of the compact cameras now being used by the masses don't have viewfinders.
 
can you imagine the repairs needed if everyone modified their firmware and the cameras quit working? Nightmare for the manufacturers for sure. Maybe yours would work fine...but many would become unpredictable and the consumers would be screaming at manufacturers over operations problems.....none of which would be their fault.
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The kind of on board flash that might fit on a camera the size of the E-P1 isn't going to produce results in keeping with its performance. For low light, using high ISO is likely to produce a far better result. Admittedly some high contrast situations might benefit from the use of fill flash, but this use is rarer than perhaps it should be. Some uses of fill are probably covered by their RAW processing.
 
Richard Katris said:
can you imagine the repairs needed if everyone modified their firmware and the cameras quit working? Nightmare for the manufacturers for sure. Maybe yours would work fine...but many would become unpredictable and the consumers would be screaming at manufacturers over operations problems.....none of which would be their fault.
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Running custom scripts isn't the same as modifying firmware, and I'm sure the script interpreter could be made to not allow any functionality that would potentially cause damage. Older generation digital cameras did have this functionality.

I think the problem is that it's only a relatively small number of people that would make use of it, and it must add some support overhead - not because cameras would quit working, though.

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Peter

 
If you want to run scripts then you can on most canon compacts.

Some geeks have developed a whole community to let you customise the functions of your canon and write scripts. I downloded the version for the A590 (to do stereo photos) and confirm that my camera came to no harm. Its all free as well

Here's a link to the details if anyone is interested.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_in_Brief
 
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