Chuck,
Is there any "noise" associated with your IS system? On the E-510, if IS is
"on", there is a rattle when the camera is turned off. If there is
something similar with the E-M5, perhaps you could sort this out by
experimenting.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:10 AM
Subject: [OM] Image stabilizer confusion, was: E-M5 battery life...
> You just complicated my already confused view of the stabilizer. After
> reading Moose's post:
>
> "Yeah, I remember that. There was a setting to turn it off between
> shots. When I heard about Chuck's battery trouble, I
> couldn't find it. I guess the option to leave it on all the time went
> away."
>
> I decided to check my firmware level. It's the latest (V 1.5 on the
> camera) and the camera's menus (at least for stabilization) seem to
> agree with the PDF user's guide. But the only stabilizer options I've
> found there are:
> A) Turn it off or turn it on with settings 1, 2 or 3.
> B) Set it such that the stabilizer turns on with a shutter half press
>
> The problem is that I can't determine how these two modes are related.
> If I set option A to off and option B to on does the stabilizer then
> turn on only when I half press the shutter? If I set option A to on (in
> any of the 3 modes) what is the meaning of option B? If B is off does
> it negate A?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/8/2013 5:05 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>> You might want to reconsider the stabiliser, Chuck. I did a quick test on
>> my
>> E-5 a couple of weeks ago, and found that on certain shots I could get a
>> sharper image without the stabiliser than with! In other words, it is
>> probably better to use it only for those shots which _really_ need it -
>> from
>> the point of view of battery life and image quality.
>>
>> Piers
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 05 February 2013 22:36
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] E-M5 battery life (again), was: The Boys of Winter -
>> again...
>>
>> I'll have to check everything but especially the sleep time and
>> stabilizer
>> settings. The stabilizer might be on all the time.
>>
>> --snip
>>
>>
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