Olympus Smart Media Cards

Is there anyplace to buy "Olympus" brand smart media cards at less than suggested list price? The only reason I am asking is that I am told the only way to do panoramic shots is with "Olympus" brand cards.

sugarbear said:

Is there anyplace to buy "Olympus" brand smart media cards at less
than suggested list price? The only reason I am asking is that I
am told the only way to do panoramic shots is with "Olympus" brand
cards.

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Lots of the usual suspects have them at discounted prices. Check whatever your favorite online retailers are, your local Best Buy and Circuit City (or equivalents thereof), or look on price comparison sites such as shopper.com, bizrate.com, resellerratings.com, etc.

Ditto Olympus accessories in general - I've seen CLA-1 for $15.

Doug

sugarbear,

Olympus brand cards are not the only way to take panoramic shots. I personally bought 2 off-brand cards from ebay that had been pano enabled. Other people on here have take the time to do it themselves here is a site that tells how to do it and has the programs to change a non-olympus card to be pano enabled. Read the site carefully before you do anything.

http://www.geocities.com/roberthaus/pan/
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You can also do panos without a special card. The only thing the pano cards (or pano hacked cards) do is make it simpler.

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If you have a USB or Firewire Smart Media Card reader you can make your non-Olympus SmartMedia card enabled yourself with the SMPrep.exe utility and hack.

You can also use software like Panoramic Film Factory to stich your pics together and it's an awsome program you should have regardless. The Olympus feature is nice because it keeps all pictures in your series set to the same settings ... ISO, shutter speed ... everything !

Shanley said:

sugarbear,

Olympus brand cards are not the only way to take panoramic shots.
I personally bought 2 off-brand cards from ebay that had been pano
enabled. Other people on here have take the time to do it
themselves here is a site that tells how to do it and has the
programs to change a non-olympus card to be pano enabled. Read the
site carefully before you do anything.

http://www.geocities.com/roberthaus/pan/
--
Shanley
C-2100
http://www.pbase.com/shanley
http://www.photosig.com/userphotos.php?id=24108

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jdagreek

C-2020, C-4000, Titanium Digital Optics 2x Telephoto, NiMH+1900, Dazzle USB Film Reader, AMD XP 2700+

As others have pointed out, you can "pano enable" generic cards, or if your camera has a manual mode, or an automatic exposure lock (AEL), just use that to ensure even exposures across your shots, then use stitching software other than Camedia.

A world of info on making panoramas here:

http://www.panoguide.com/

I also understand that the Camedia 2.5 version of the software stitches without the pano mode cards. The AEL or manual exposure settings can help but evne that isn't always needed. What I find is no matter what you are trying to stitch the lighting of the individual scenes should be similar for a good pano stitch. Personally I use PanaVue Image Assebler available for a price at http://www.panavue.com I find that this software has enough settings and options to stitch almost any images that can be stitched. As I said before, you gotta start with good images no matter what.

Inigo Montoya said:

As others have pointed out, you can "pano enable" generic cards, or
if your camera has a manual mode, or an automatic exposure lock
(AEL), just use that to ensure even exposures across your shots,
then use stitching software other than Camedia.

A world of info on making panoramas here:

http://www.panoguide.com/

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