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Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

Started Feb 2, 2018 | Questions
Vinod S New Member • Posts: 11
Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

I would be most grateful if anybody can tell me why the 'time lapse settings' option in my E-PL6 is greyed out. It occurs in Shooting Menu 2. There is absolutely no reference to this issue in the User Manual. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

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junk1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,788
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

Maybe you have the flash on, or the exposure time is set too long...some setting that is not allowed is selected apparently.  I have a Panasonic, and the manual lists when each mode is available; etc.    Experiment.

OP Vinod S New Member • Posts: 11
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

Thanks for that tip Junk1. Will investigate.

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JaKing
JaKing Veteran Member • Posts: 6,300
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

SCENE modes will also disable lots of things. Put the MODE dial into A or S mode. See if that works.

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OP Vinod S New Member • Posts: 11
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

Thanks JaKing. I never use the Scene mode so the chances of the knob being in that position is rare. I have tried in PASM positions, but it still stays greyed out.

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JaKing
JaKing Veteran Member • Posts: 6,300
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

There will be some setting you have changed that's causing your problem.

If all else fails, do a hard reset of the camera (back to factory defaults).

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gotoole Contributing Member • Posts: 524
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

Page 65 of the manual lists a number of things which will interfere with time-lapse. Have you checked if any are relevant. Ie . cable attached etc

Napahto New Member • Posts: 1
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out

I think you have not set date and time on your camera. In the Setup menu last one.

paul613
paul613 Senior Member • Posts: 1,894
Re: Olympus E-PL6 time lapse option greyed out
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You might find this answered on the wiki page Olympus Camera Settings--Menu Lockouts and Quirks.

(better late than never)

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