How to apply Myset on E-PM2?

StefanW wrote:

Somehow I am not able to apply mysets on the PM2.

In the PASM mode I go to the menu and store the current setting to myset1, e.g. A-mode with aperture f2. I also assigned the fn-button to myset1. Now I change the aperture to e.g. f4. I press the fn button and see "My1" and the stored aperture "f2" on the screen as long as I keep the fn button pressed. But as soon as I release the fn button the setting is back to the former "f4". Meaning the stored setting is not taken over.

Also if I go to the menu and want to take over the myset1 and confirm with "yes" then nothing is happening, meaning the stored setting is not used.

Saving the myset works (because I can see the values on the screen as long as I press the fn button), but it looks like the current setting is blocked for being overwritten by the mysets.

The manual doesn't give any indication that myset would not work in certain situations or settings. I guess I do exactly as the manual says but the mysets are never applied in my case.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Unfortunately, you're not doing anything wrong, AFAIK.  Until the release of the E-M10 (or maybe the E-M1, which I don't have experience of), the Fn button-press MySet operation really does require you to hold down the Fn button to keep the MySet engaged - with the more recent models, it finally operates as a toggle function, which is much better.  The E-PL5, released at the same time as the E-PM2, brought in the possibility of overwriting mode dial positions with MySets, which handily got around this limitation, but of course one of the characteristics of the E-PM2 is no mode dial, so that's not a possibility with it.

I have to admit I haven't experimented much with the through-the-menu option for engaging a MySet, as I find it a bit problematic to revert to non-MySet operation afterwards with that method(which is my own fault for not paying enough attention to MySets so far, despite viewing them as a useful feature - I'm usually happy enough just changing settings individually, on the fly).

Helen wrote:

Unfortunately, you're not doing anything wrong, AFAIK. Until the release of the E-M10 (or maybe the E-M1, which I don't have experience of), the Fn button-press MySet operation really does require you to hold down the Fn button to keep the MySet engaged - with the more recent models, it finally operates as a toggle function, which is much better. The E-PL5, released at the same time as the E-PM2, brought in the possibility of overwriting mode dial positions with MySets, which handily got around this limitation, but of course one of the characteristics of the E-PM2 is no mode dial, so that's not a possibility with it.

Difficult to press fn and shutter at the same time. I also reprogrammed the rec-button as a myset, but pressing this button together with the shutter introduces more shaking in my hands, especially as the rec-button is a little bit harder to press.

Interesting, that the manual does not mention this important information.

I have to admit I haven't experimented much with the through-the-menu option for engaging a MySet, as I find it a bit problematic to revert to non-MySet operation afterwards with that method(which is my own fault for not paying enough attention to MySets so far, despite viewing them as a useful feature - I'm usually happy enough just changing settings individually, on the fly).

Stepping through the menu to engage the mysets is also not very convenient within the not so well organized menu structure of Olympus cameras. Then having no names for the mysets makes it difficult to remember which settings are stored.

So overall the mysets seem pretty useless on the PM2.

Reverting to non-myset is easy (and in my opinion too easy) e.g. on the M5II:

- switch off/on camera

- press menu button and immediately exit menu

- switch mode dial to another position and back

StefanW wrote:

Somehow I am not able to apply mysets on the PM2.

In the PASM mode I go to the menu and store the current setting to myset1, e.g. A-mode with aperture f2. I also assigned the fn-button to myset1. Now I change the aperture to e.g. f4. I press the fn button and see "My1" and the stored aperture "f2" on the screen as long as I keep the fn button pressed. But as soon as I release the fn button the setting is back to the former "f4". Meaning the stored setting is not taken over.

Also if I go to the menu and want to take over the myset1 and confirm with "yes" then nothing is happening, meaning the stored setting is not used.

Saving the myset works (because I can see the values on the screen as long as I press the fn button), but it looks like the current setting is blocked for being overwritten by the mysets.

The manual doesn't give any indication that myset would not work in certain situations or settings. I guess I do exactly as the manual says but the mysets are never applied in my case.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Nothing Olympus designed it so the button has to be held down while pressing the shutter..In typical Olympus fashion they don't issue a firmware fix for it. Go figure. However you can assign the myset to the record button since it's programmable. It's more convenient to press it and hold while triggering the shutter. I just gave up using mysets on the EPM2. Mysets were an advertized feature but poorly implemented. It's things like this that make me wonder if Olympus really cares abut their reputation.