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Old 11-07-2014, 10:25 AM
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Olympus cameras and astro-imaging

I have an Olympus OM-D EM1. They are a fantastic camera. They have quite small pixels at 3.75 microns square and I can't help but wonder how well it might do for some occasional OSC imaging if I can get it to talk with MaximDL or some other image acquisition software that I have (Nebulosity mainly).

I see that Maxim does have an Olympus DSLR option in their camera setup and see also from Cyanogen's site that this works with their E-1, E-300, E-330, E-400, E-410, E-500 and E-510 models. The EM1 is not specifically mentioned.

I'm wondering if any of you have had a fiddle with Olympus cameras an astro imaging and have any tips/info that might he helpful.

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Old 11-07-2014, 10:56 AM
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Peter,

I'm pretty sure that the converter used by PixInsight will deal with raw files from an OM-D. My wife has one so I'll give it a try this evening. We'll get you over to the dark side eventually

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Old 11-07-2014, 11:02 AM
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I think he's more concerned about the capture side of things, though.

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Old 11-07-2014, 11:29 AM
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I think he's more concerned about the capture side of things, though.

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He's taking the **ss out of me for owning a PIS licence and never using it. It's cruel and heartless to make fun of the mentally infirm like that, but that's life.
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Old 11-07-2014, 01:35 PM
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Actually, H is correct Peter. I didn't ready your post carefully enough.

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Actually, H is correct Peter. I didn't ready your post carefully enough.

Still happy to take credit for being cruel and heartless, of course
Naturally!

I just tried to get Maxim to talk to it, also SGP. Neither would see the camera. Pity. But I can still control the camera remotely with it's built-in wi-fi facility so all is not lost. And since I only plan using this cam on my FS60 and a Losmandy StarLapse which has no PC connectivity in any case (I.e. No ST4, no Dec drive and no plate solving) it will still make a helluva wide field for travelling.
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Peter, nothing else but a Nikanon is ever considered ATM.
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