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olympus pen external shutter signal

Started Nov 18, 2019 | Discussions
cvhmanchester New Member • Posts: 17
olympus pen external shutter signal

I have an E-P5 for which I want to computer control the shutter (for stacking).  What electric signal should the computer send through the USB plug?

Is it just a making a connection between a couple of pins?

Thank you

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Guy Parsons
Guy Parsons Forum Pro • Posts: 40,000
Re: olympus pen external shutter signal

cvhmanchester wrote:

I have an E-P5 for which I want to computer control the shutter (for stacking). What electric signal should the computer send through the USB plug?

Is it just a making a connection between a couple of pins?

Thank you

I googled and found some old info that should be OK to use, the pin numbers and a simple switch arrangement in this case. So it is a matter of making a connection between pins.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Olympus-Evolt-E-510-Remote-Cable-Release/

https://www.instructables.com/id/Olympus-Evolt-E510-Remote-Cable-Release-Version-2/

Between those two pages you should get a good idea of how to make it work.

Regards..... Guy

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