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@HolmHaensel HolmHaensel released this 09 Nov 08:16
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v0.2.0
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Why this project: I love Olympus cameras. The OM-D E-M1 Mark I is a fantastic camera to learn photography with: you can get one for about 129 € and it has a huge feature set. Sadly its software is no longer maintained — OI.Share, OM Workspace and OM Capture feel slow, and there was never Wi-Fi tethering on the computer, although the phone app (OI.Share) has always used it. So I simply tried to build it, with hardly any programming experience. E-M1 Capture is my contribution to the community, so these great cameras can keep taking pictures for many years. Maybe OM System finds an idea or two here for their future cameras. Contributions, tests with other bodies and ideas are very welcome.

  • Header shows free card space (Wi-Fi and USB) and battery level (USB); read-only camera settings Anti-Shock, Silent, Noise Reduct., BULB/TIME Timer and Digital Tele-converter under the LV super control panel (Wi-Fi).

  • Playback over Wi-Fi: Share Order filter with count, Save all to computer and Reset Share Order; movie length in the single-frame view.

  • Wi-Fi: Turn off camera button in the header (exec_pwoff, with confirmation); returns to the start screen.

  • Live view aids computed in the browser: Histogram (luma, optional RGB), Highlight&Shadow warning and Peaking with color choice.

  • Software HSL colour profiles modelled on the PEN-F COLOR dial (omcap.hsl: 12 sectors, H/S/L −7…+7, 3 slots, CLI for ORF/JPG).

  • Self-timer (Off / 2 s / 10 s) next to Take picture with a countdown over the live view; click again to cancel.

  • Last shot thumbnail in the live view corner after Take picture (click opens the single-frame view; Wi-Fi and USB).

  • Webcam view /?view=webcam (live image only, black background, optional &w=&h=) for an OBS Browser Source; README section "Use as webcam (OBS)".

  • USB: card index read after connecting (first picture fast), AF grid and focus position in the right grid, lens name, picture list loads automatically, "P Program / iAUTO" (the camera reports both as P), live view no longer drops during AF.

  • Code comments in English for contributors; read-only USB property listener tools/usb_props.py.

Known issues

  • USB, All Targets + Press halfway: the green AF field may not match where the camera focused.

Install and setup: see README. Unofficial, not affiliated with OM Digital Solutions or Olympus.

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