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I am an E500 owner, is there any intervalometer to do timelpase with the Olympus camera?

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Sorry I don't have the exact answer for you, but I do know you can tether your camera to a computer (laptop, netbook) that can control the camera, fire the shutter. I'm sure a program could be easily found (or made).

Hopefully this will tide you over until someone has a more tailored answer for you. I enjoyed my E-500.
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Since the E-500 is incapable of using a wired remote, that particular remote release will not work with the E-500.
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Comments and critiques always welcome.
Bob K.
 
R2elk said:
Since the E-500 is incapable of using a wired remote, that particular remote release will not work with the E-500.
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Comments and critiques always welcome.
Bob K.
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Olympus doesn't make one for the 520, but it connects to the mini USB on the camera.
 
There is a way to make it work on camera (at least it works with my e510):

It isn't pretty, but it will work for the occasional use:

1.)Set camera to drive mode (where it will continue to take pictures as fast as it can if you hold down the shutter button)

2.)Set Anti-shock to the time you want between pictures (let's say 10 seconds for this example)

3.) use a rubber band and a bit of aluminum foil or a wad of paper to hold the shutter button down.

The camera will take pictures every 10 seconds (or what ever duration you set in step 2) until the battery is out, the memory card is full, or the shutter button is no longer depressed. Note that the first picture will not be taken until 10 seconds (or what ever time you set) after the shutter button is first pressed.

The camera may have to be in manual focus for this to work, I'm not sure.
 
R2elk said:
Since the E-500 is incapable of using a wired remote, that particular remote release will not work with the E-500.
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The PCLIX LT along with the C-100 infrared cable (~ $122 + s/h) should be able to control an E-500 using the infrared sensor on the E-500 (you will need to enable this via a menu option and position the C-100 cable so that it shines on the E-500 sensor):
http://www.pclix.com/pages/products.html

Now, if you need much more control, for example having the camera fire when something crosses a laser sensor, the Mumford time machine may be more appropriate with the Olympus IR control:
http://www.bmumford.com/photo/camctlr.html
 
520man said:
R2elk said:
Since the E-500 is incapable of using a wired remote, that particular remote release will not work with the E-500.
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Comments and critiques always welcome.
Bob K.
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Olympus doesn't make one for the 520, but it connects to the mini USB on the camera.
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Just to clear things up. The E-520 does support the wired shutter release, and so would use the cheap ebay timers that are compatible with the RM-UC1. Unfortunately, the E-500 that the OP has and E-330 were designed before the RM-UC1 was released, and they don't have the pins to connect with the RM-UC1. The standard USB and video out cables are the same between the two cameras, but the wired shutter release uses different pins.

And to be pedantic, the E-1, E-300, and E-3 use a completely different form of wired shutter release (RM-CB1). The E-1 and E-3 have direct connections for the RM-CB1 on the body, while the E-300 requires the use of the battery grip to add wired shutter release support.
 
Michael Meissner said:
Just to clear things up. The E-520 does support the wired shutter release, and so would use the cheap ebay timers that are compatible with the RM-UC1. Unfortunately, the E-500 that the OP has and E-330 were designed before the RM-UC1 was released, and they don't have the pins to connect with the RM-UC1. The standard USB and video out cables are the same between the two cameras, but the wired shutter release uses different pins.

And to be pedantic, the E-1, E-300, and E-3 use a completely different form of wired shutter release (RM-CB1). The E-1 and E-3 have direct connections for the RM-CB1 on the body, while the E-300 requires the use of the battery grip to add wired shutter release support.
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Thanks for the clarification.

I looked at the Olympus site and Wrotniak. I saw that the 500 uses a USB cable but from the picture, it doesn't appear to be located where mine is.

Here's one that specifically states it can be used with the 500, but it's just a basic cable release.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shutter-Release-for-Olympus-E1-E3-E10-E20-E500-etc-E_W0QQitemZ200382893882QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCamera_Camcorder_Remotes?hash=item2ea7c04f3a#ht_1913wt_738
 
520man said:
I looked at the Olympus site and Wrotniak. I saw that the 500 uses a USB cable but from the picture, it doesn't appear to be located where mine is.
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Olympus seems to put the USB cable in a different location on each camera. It is in a particularly useless location on the E-P2 where you can't use the USB/video/shutter release when hand holding the camera. At times with my E-3 I like to take the camera off the tripod for a quick shot, and I leave the wired shutter release dangling when I use the normal shutter, but that isn't possible with the E-P2.
520man said:
Here's one that specifically states it can be used with the 500, but it's just a basic cable release.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shutter-Release-for-Olympus-E1-E3-E10-E20-E500-etc-E_W0QQitemZ200382893882QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCamera_Camcorder_Remotes?hash=item2ea7c04f3a#ht_1913wt_738
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Well this seller is wrong. Neither the E-500 nor the E-330 have any place to connect the shutter release.
 
Thanks for the help guys!
tmcfarla said:
There is a way to make it work on camera (at least it works with my e510):

It isn't pretty, but it will work for the occasional use:

1.)Set camera to drive mode (where it will continue to take pictures as fast as it can if you hold down the shutter button)
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you mean set it to multiple image capture ?
tmcfarla said:
2.)Set Anti-shock to the time you want between pictures (let's say 10 seconds for this example)
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How do I do this? where can I find it in the menu?
tmcfarla said:
3.) use a rubber band and a bit of aluminum foil or a wad of paper to hold the shutter button down.

The camera will take pictures every 10 seconds (or what ever duration you set in step 2) until the battery is out, the memory card is full, or the shutter button is no longer depressed. Note that the first picture will not be taken until 10 seconds (or what ever time you set) after the shutter button is first pressed.

The camera may have to be in manual focus for this to work, I'm not sure.
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Thanks!
 
Oliver Ojeil said:
tmcfarla said:
There is a way to make it work on camera (at least it works with my e510):

It isn't pretty, but it will work for the occasional use:

1.)Set camera to drive mode (where it will continue to take pictures as fast as it can if you hold down the shutter button)
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you mean set it to multiple image capture ?
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Olympus tends to call it sequential shooting (page 62 of the E-500 manual). Note, you need to turn off Noise Reduction (page 95) before you can turn on sequential shooting.
Oliver Ojeil said:
Oliver Ojeil said:
2.)Set Anti-shock to the time you want between pictures (let's say 10 seconds for this example)
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How do I do this? where can I find it in the menu?
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Page 96 of the manual discusses anti-shock.
Oliver Ojeil said:
Oliver Ojeil said:
3.) use a rubber band and a bit of aluminum foil or a wad of paper to hold the shutter button down.

The camera will take pictures every 10 seconds (or what ever duration you set in step 2) until the battery is out, the memory card is full, or the shutter button is no longer depressed. Note that the first picture will not be taken until 10 seconds (or what ever time you set) after the shutter button is first pressed.

The camera may have to be in manual focus for this to work, I'm not sure.
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Thanks!
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On my e330 it takes at least a second after sending the IR signal to trip the shutter before the shutter is actually released. If you need shorter intervals you'll probably need a wired solution.

I'm using an Arduino microcontroller to control the camera:



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efrench said:
On my e330 it takes at least a second after sending the IR signal to trip the shutter before the shutter is actually released. If you need shorter intervals you'll probably need a wired solution.
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Yep, unfortunately as you probably know, the E-330 doesn't provide a wired shutter release. I imagine most situations wanting to do timed delay, the time period is greater than a second.

If you need a shorter time period, you probably would need to use Olympus Studio (or the cheaper clone from http://www.imagecraft.com/ ) and tether the camera via USB.

Alternatively you could rig up some sort of device that presses your shutter release button under computer control. Long shot camera systems seems have a system that presses the shutter, but it doesn't seem to have a timed delay system.
http://www.longshotcamerasystems.com
 
Supposing you can rig something to trip the shutter, perhaps switching to manual focus and manual exposure would reduce the time between shots. I have set up my 520 on a tripod many times, using the IR remote to trip the shutter for multiple group photos. I think it refocuses every time, probably checks exposure every time---so eliminating those things might speed up the process.
 
Michael Meissner said:
efrench said:
On my e330 it takes at least a second after sending the IR signal to trip the shutter before the shutter is actually released. If you need shorter intervals you'll probably need a wired solution.
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Yep, unfortunately as you probably know, the E-330 doesn't provide a wired shutter release. I imagine most situations wanting to do timed delay, the time period is greater than a second.

If you need a shorter time period, you probably would need to use Olympus Studio (or the cheaper clone from http://www.imagecraft.com/ ) and tether the camera via USB.

Alternatively you could rig up some sort of device that presses your shutter release button under computer control. Long shot camera systems seems have a system that presses the shutter, but it doesn't seem to have a timed delay system.
http://www.longshotcamerasystems.com
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Tethered is even worse since the Olympus SDK requires the images to be downloaded before you can take another. On the e330 with its USB 1.0, this takes 20 seconds or so. The newer cameras with USB 2.0 are significantly faster, but probably will still take longer than 1 second which happens to be a good interval for timelapses of city scenes.

The IR solution is working for me, but it's less than ideal.
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Check out the Pclix intervalometer,. I've been using their first version of it for years and I'd guess it's only gotten better. It was relatively inexpensive and came supplied with a fiber optic cable that works perfectly with my Olympus E500. It can be easily set to fire at intervals from 1 second to 24 hours. It's great for lightning shots.
 
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