[fooqux]

I wish my Olympus had something like this. They are considerably more customer hostile than other brands in both software and accessories. The app for those cameras is not even laughable; it's just depressing. And it can't be tethered to computers like every other camera system. Sigh.

[vladvasiliu]

Which Olympus is that? My OM1 can be tethered. I tried shooting with the camera connected over USB to a Windows computer, and it worked perfectly.

It also claims it's able to do the same via wifi when you connect it to an access point (instead of its integrated AP mode). I don't really have a use for this functionality, so I didn't bother to type my wifi password on the camera to try it out, so I can't comment on how well it works.

I've just tried this with darktable/Linux, and it also seems to work. It's somewhat slower than with the Olympus software under Windows, but I can change random parameters, such as shutter speed, aperture, and white balance. I can move the focus manually, which will trigger the zoom-in helper (it's how the camera is configured to behave when manipulating it directly). Taking a picture copies both JPG and RAW files (camera is setup to capture both) instantly.

Edit: on an iPhone, I can use PhotoSync instead of the OI Share app to retrieve pictures over Wi-Fi. It's quite slow, though. My iPhone is too old to support direct USB-C connections, so I haven't tried that, though I intend to try iy tomorrow with a friend's phone.

[fooqux]

Ooo, I'll need to look into this again. I worked with the devs from Darktable / gphoto a few years ago trying to get it to work and both sides eventually gave up because the output from the camera was just so far from any spec.

I've got a EM1mk2. I just tried it again with Darktable on Linux and it didn't immediately work. But now that I know it's supposedly possible I can look into permission issues or the like. I'll go through Darktables' troubleshooting steps for this.

[vladvasiliu]

Does the camera actually support tethering? I also have a pen-f, and I don't have such an option when I connect it to a computer. I can only do it via the phone app, and it never worked well. The om1 works better with the app.

Apparently, when connecting to an external AP, it supports WPS, both PIN and button, instead of typing the full password. My AP doesn't support any form of WPS and I mistyped my password. That's five minutes of my life I won't get back...

Interestingly, the transfer from the camera seems slower with OM Capture than with Darktable, but it can configure basically all the camera's settings, including the High-Res, HDR bracketing, etc. It can also tell the camera to not save the files on its card (or configure which format goes on which card).

[fooqux]

Yeah, it supports tethering. After fiddling with it for a moment (and reading the Darktable docs to discover I have to click the Mount Camera button first), I've got some semblance of tethering working. It's a bit slow and I can't figure out how to focus yet, but it can capture an image. This is pretty awesome.

Thanks for the heads up about this!