Bill: I found a 4/3rds adapter on Ebay and received it yesterday. I tried some photos of the sun with its large group of spots today and achieved mediocre...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Sep 26, 2005 12:15 am
Lee, Congratulations on getting the Four Thirds to OM adapter. I have found that one of the hardest things to do is focus accurately. I tried my little Orion...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Sep 27, 2005 4:01 am
Has anyone tried to use a "star filter" as a DSLR focussing aid? Clear skies! Bill Keicher...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 5, 2005 6:58 am
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...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 5, 2005 6:59 am
Everyone, Due to limitations in the Yahoo Group space allocation, we will eventually run out of file space if we do not each eliminate our full size images....
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 8, 2005 8:00 pm
Everyone, An update to the Olympus Master Software is available now. The latest version is Version 1.32, dated October 7, 2005. Clear skies! Bill Keicher...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 9, 2005 3:39 am
I just noticed that the Olympus E-500 has a list price equal to that for the E-300, $799.99 US. Will the E-500 replace the E-300? Clear skies! Bill Keicher...
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Richard Harding
elleray14
Oct 9, 2005 6:39 pm
Hi all! Has anything been said about the fact that the remote shutter "add-on" will NOT work in bulb setting? This is quite discouraging since it limits...
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rameyma_zake
Oct 11, 2005 12:07 am
Hello Bill Just letting you know that I received the two dvd set my elitevideo and they are very detailed in explaining each function of the camera. Thank You!...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 11, 2005 12:44 am
Richard, I purchased the IR remote control and I didn't know it could even get to 3 minutes in a single exposure! I thought it was 30 seconds since it doen't...
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Olympus_Digital_SLR_A...
Olympus_Digital_SLR_A...
Oct 11, 2005 12:49 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Olympus_Digital_SLR_Astrophotography group. ...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 11, 2005 1:07 am
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...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 11, 2005 1:52 am
Does the DVD offer any advice on bulb exposures, night shots, or noise reduction techniques? Any advice on shooting or developing RAW versus TIFF or JPEG...
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duncan_rosie
Oct 12, 2005 7:23 pm
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...
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harding1@...
elleray14
Oct 12, 2005 10:19 pm
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...
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duncan_rosie
Oct 13, 2005 6:45 am
Hi Richard, I've been chatting with Jonathan Fay on the MaxDSLR group - here is ... looks like ... but a ... cameras, you can ... alone ... If I ... were ... ...
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Richard Harding
elleray14
Oct 14, 2005 12:18 am
Hi Duncan! I received the following response from Doug George: my question : "I would like to ask you a question about your new "DSLR" version. Are there any...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 14, 2005 2:49 am
Duncan, Jonathan and I are co-owners of the DeepSpaceImager-uncensored Yahoo Group. I've referred to his message (below) and invited him to join our Olympus...
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bearcreekobservatory
bearcreekobs...
Oct 14, 2005 5:14 am
... Currently Max/DSLR supports reading RAW files captured on Olympus cameras including the E-300. This allows you to do proper calibration before the color is...
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duncan_rosie
Oct 15, 2005 6:10 am
Hi Jonathan, ... I'll happily do some alpha testing although I'm not an experienced astroimager I do know the E-300 well enough....
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Olympus_Digital_SLR_A...
Olympus_Digital_SLR_A...
Oct 16, 2005 1:20 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Olympus_Digital_SLR_Astrophotography group: Which Olympus digital SLR camera do you own or plan to...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 16, 2005 1:26 pm
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....
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 25, 2005 2:06 am
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%...
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Jonathan Fay
bearcreekobs...
Oct 26, 2005 6:16 am
Mainly from interest driver by a few group members I moved up Olympus DSLR support for Maxim/DL and Max/DSLR higher in the queue. I purchase an E-500 camera...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 27, 2005 12:57 am
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...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 27, 2005 12:59 am
Jonathan, Congratulations on your purchase of an E-500! We are all looking forward to Max/DSLR support for Olympus digital cameras. Clear skies! Bill Keicher ...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 27, 2005 3:01 am
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...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 29, 2005 1:20 am
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...
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Bill Keicher
bill1550
Oct 29, 2005 3:37 pm
The Four Thirds cameras have CCDs that have a 22.5 mm diagonal. When these cameras are used at the prime focus of a telescope, then they have an *equivalent...
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Peter Grego
petermoon1
Nov 1, 2005 4:25 am
Thanks Bill! I've added some more E-300 images to the folder. The camera is very capable at capturing the Moon (one of my favourite subjects!). Best wishes,...
