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  • Members: 950
  • Category: Astrophotography
  • Founded: Aug 25, 2005
  • Language: English
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Guys, I know this has been covered before but I just want to make sure I get the definitive answer before I start speeding money ... I just got my 4/3 to OM...
11 Dec 17, 2005
6:05 am

slickmez
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I do not believe that you can use the "remote" with the HLD-3 grip. I think you have to use the Olympus cabled release (at least this is what the Olympus site...
2 Dec 17, 2005
5:46 am

slickmez
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have owned Nikons for over 40 years with my last film camera being their F5,, my first digital was their 990 which has supported well over 9,000 photos and...
1 Dec 15, 2005
3:14 am

Derry
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Greetings everyone! I'm Filipe Silva, 26 years old, from Portugal. I acquired recently (yesterday actually) a E-500 to use as my primary camera. I turned to...
6 Dec 13, 2005
9:20 am

Luis Argüelles
iarguellesm
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Bill: When I joined this group a few months ago, I remember one of the topics being about the pros and cons of various photo processing programs for...
6 Dec 8, 2005
5:18 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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I just read two news items concerning Olympus. First, dpreview reports that Olympus is planning on cutting production of the compact digital cameras in favor...
3 Dec 2, 2005
4:31 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Hi all, last saturday I received an adapter (bought in E-Bay) for attaching Nikkor lenses to my E-500. The following lenses work just perfect: AF Nikkor 28mm...
4 Dec 2, 2005
4:24 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Hi Guys, Nice photos - you have inspired to to get back into Astrophotography with an SLR rather than my webcam. I recently purchased a e-300 (upgraded to 1.3...
1 Nov 27, 2005
4:37 am

slickmez
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A salesman told me that on the E500 one can toggle between using the viewfinder and the LCD screen while composing a photo. Is this true? I have as yet been...
3 Nov 26, 2005
3:38 am

rvvenafro
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Everyone, As mentioned in a previous message, the USB cable provided by Olympus to connect your E-series DSLR to your computer is short when considering using...
2 Nov 24, 2005
11:28 pm

Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
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Popular Photography reviewed the E-500 in the November 2005 issue. They liked the price (for the value), lightweight body and self cleaning feature, all of...
6 Nov 24, 2005
12:52 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Hi all, after downloading IRIS Ver. 5.10, I'm unable to open RAW files taken with my E-500. Any hint?. After selecing an .orf file the program doesn't show any...
9 Nov 23, 2005
7:55 pm

Luis Argüelles
iarguellesm
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Are you saying that Olympus has solved this with the E-500 only, or has some "fix" for the E-300 as well? I have the E-300, and this design "flaw" limits the...
2 Nov 22, 2005
10:50 pm

Luis Argüelles
iarguellesm
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Hi all, although my plans involved to buy an E-300, I finally ended-up buying the E-500 last friday. After reading the manual (the included in the CD, pdf...
4 Nov 22, 2005
4:03 pm

Jonathan Fay
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Hi every body I am a biginner in photograophy I can say, I am looking for some alternatives for those super expensive lens for long distance shooting (Zuiko...
7 Nov 18, 2005
7:39 am

Davood Ansari
ansari_david
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Hi Group, I would like to introduce myself to the Group. My name is Luis Argüelles and am, let's say, a double star observer that take also a peek at deep-sky...
2 Nov 18, 2005
3:32 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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For those who have Olympus Studio software. Olympus has released an upgrade from version 1.3 to 1.4. Support for the E-500 has been added along with improved...
1 Nov 15, 2005
4:27 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Lee, Instead of the FILES section, look in LINKS under Amateur Astronomy Techniques" for focusing aids and techniques. Clear skies! Bill Keicher...
1 Nov 12, 2005
11:44 pm

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Friends, I've added a link to Michael Covington's site that includes free software that calculates single exposure time as a function of ISO and F# for film...
1 Nov 9, 2005
1:20 pm

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Friends, I've posted two photos to the PHOTOS folder under EQUIPMENT FOR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY album. The photos are of the Olympus Four-Thirds to OM adapter and...
3 Nov 9, 2005
4:16 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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I just noticed that Peter Grego added a photo album and an image of the Moon. Congratulations on a fine image! Clear skies! Bill Keicher...
2 Nov 1, 2005
4:25 am

Peter Grego
petermoon1
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Anyone planning to image Mars this weekend? The key would be to shoot as short an exposure as possible and to shoot as many shots as possible (without having...
1 Oct 29, 2005
1:20 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Since Kodak makes the high performance CCDs used in our Olympus DSLRs, I thought you might be interested in the fact that Kodak is manufacturing a 36 Mpixel...
1 Oct 27, 2005
3:01 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Hi All, Has anyone tried MaxDSLR (http://www.cyanogen.com) with the E-300? I have the demo version of the software loaded but so far haven't foound any camera...
5 Oct 27, 2005
12:59 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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I just came across the "Color Calculator" a free software tool for doing certain photometry and colorimetry conversions at: www.radiantimaging.com It may prove...
1 Oct 27, 2005
12:57 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Over 20% of the current membership has reported on the camera they own and the poll shows that 80% own a E-300 while ownership of the E- 1 and E-500 is at 10%...
1 Oct 25, 2005
2:06 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Everyone, A poll has been opened to determine the type of Olympus digital SLR you own or plan to purchase. There is no commercial significance to this poll....
1 Oct 16, 2005
1:26 pm

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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Hi Duncan! The "ad" for the software does not list the E-300 support. Doug George(owner of Cyanogen) is a member of our local club, I will send him an email...
4 Oct 14, 2005
2:49 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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I have heard that there is a 2 dvd set on the olympus evolt 300. Does anyone know who sells them or website? Any info appreciated!...
5 Oct 11, 2005
1:52 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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I noticed that Olympus is now selling the Four Thirds to OM adapter at the Olympus "Emporium"; for $99.99. This a lower price than posted by the third party...
1 Oct 11, 2005
1:07 am

Bill Keicher
bill1550
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