Why do you need to set the mode to "Control"? All you're doing is
activating the shutter button via a remote controller. The camera
shouldn't care and all other normal modes should work.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/26/2011 11:31 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>> Whatever for when you can get this for under $25?
>>>
>>
>> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Timer-Remote-Control-Shutter-Releases-Olympus-SP57
> 0-SP560-SP550-UZ-E400-E500-/250908565600?pt=Camera_Camcorder_Remotes&hash=it
> em3a6b50e060>
>>>
>>
>> I was not aware of this. I had been under the impression that you
> could
>> not operate the E-500 through the micro-USB port. But recently I learned
> that
>> you could operate it with a PC through this interface. Perhaps this
> device
>> emulates the PC functions.
>>
>> I will definitely look into this further, as the price is less than I
>> would spend to make a suitable bracket to hold a mechanical or pneumatic
> (air
>> bulb) shutter release.
>>
>> Looks like there's quite a few of these available in the $18-$25
> range
>> (260629127389, 260596924000). I suspect that they have a mask-programmed
> uC
>> in them that emulates the PC interface.
>>
>
> The more I look at these, the more I get the impression they will not
> work with the E-500. The TC-80N3 (eBay #260629127389) is a Canon accessory,
> and in the fine print of the other (eBay #260612063917) the E-500 is not
> listed at all.
>
> Reading further:
>
> http://pinouts.ru/DigitalCameras/olympus-c70z_pinout.shtml
>
> the #4 pin on the micro-USB connector is the shutter for the E-510, etc. On
> my E-500, that pin is dead when the môde is set to CONTROL. From a couple
> of blogs I understand that the OLYMPUS STUDIO software operates the shutter
> by way of a code sent to the camera's uC.
>
> Seems that this is probably a lost cause. God knows how many people
> have tried to sort this out in the past.
>
> Chris
>
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