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E-M5 firmware 2.0: Mysets on Mode dial?

Started Jan 30, 2014 | Discussions thread
zuikowesty
zuikowesty Veteran Member • Posts: 4,158
Re: Might not be possible

Guy Parsons wrote:

Art_P wrote:

those positions may be 'hard wired' on the E-M5

Nothing is hard wired, it would all be done by firmware. So it would be possible to add the MySets feature to any camera with a dial.... but.... firmware space limitations, cost of reworking the firmware, loss of sales on newer bodies, marketing and sales going tut,tut! would all conspire to see that not too many nice things are added to an old camera.

I wouldn't mind seeing a MySets control tab in the SCP

Far more important would be to have more MySets (12 would be nice), being able to name them and be able to save and restore them to card or PC. I can do that with my Casio pocket camera, why can't a "better" camera do it?

Regards.... Guy

I second having more MySets and being able to name them. I would even settle for the option to assign a button to enter a MySet selection mode, where a quick spin of a dial would choose one, and pressing the button again would make it active.

Unless I am missing something, it seems like the MySet button assignment only changes the settings while held down (and then for only one MySet), and I have enough trouble with the small buttons already so shooting with one held down is not easy.

Since it seems the E-M5 will remain current for at least another 6 months, it is shameful that the E-M10 has this feature, given that its target market is less likely to use MySets than users of the E-M5.

Let's hope 2.1 is in the works...

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