Shooting at National Archives (Page 2): Good suggestion - or stitching several together. For an 800 mile ride, I'd take my time.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

13oct1931 wrote:

Have you thought about getting a wide angle lens? Alyn

Good suggestion - or stitching several together. For an 800 mile ride, I'd take my time.

GDRoth Loc: Southeast Michigan USA

Welcome

Are you doing this by yourself or do you have an assistant?

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

jerryc41 wrote:

Good suggestion - or stitching several together. For an 800 mile ride, I'd take my time.

Excellent idea! Stitching together multiple shots seems like a really good idea even without a wide angle lens. Especially since each individual shot would likely have better focus on the edges than one wide shot. The clarity should be better across the whole resulting image. At least in theory. You might want to play with shooting a newspaper laid out on a table at home and see what happens.

hippi Loc: Sedalia MO

Amtrain wrote:

I cannot place these things on a wall or easel. I ... (show quote)

i shoot with a nikon. they have a program called camera control pro 2 and it lets you connect to a pc or laptop thru the usb port you can control the camera fstop, focus, and so on. check with your maker of your camera :lol:

Amtrain

hippi wrote:

i shoot with a nikon. they have a program called camera control pro 2 and it lets you connect to a pc or laptop thru the usb port you can control the camera fstop, focus, and so on. check with your maker of your camera :lol:

Can someone direct me to the Olympus Customer Service website or phone number for me to inquire about what I need to do?

sbesaw Loc: Boston

Amtrain wrote:

Long time reader, first time poster. br Equipment... (show quote)

I want to apologize up front for stealing this thread with an attempt to answer to your question. I hope this gets you going in the right direction. I shoot tethered with LR5 and CaptureOne. CaptureOne may work, google them. LR5 does not support the 410. also check here:

http://blog.lloydkbarnes.com/2010/06/06/tethered-shooting-with-olympus-e-system-dslrs-on-a-mac/

Sorry if you wanted more about lenses, lights, chairs, etc
:D :D :D

sbesaw Loc: Boston

Amtrain wrote:

Can someone direct me to the Olympus Customer Service website or phone number for me to inquire about what I need to do?

you would get better info googling "0lympus E-410 tethered shooting"

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Amtrain wrote:

Long time reader, first time poster. br Equipment... (show quote)

There are articulated arms that can be firmly clamped to a support (e.g. stairs) at one end and have attached med for camera at the other end. You can then move back far enough to include the entire map. As long as you are still, you can then do a several second exposure, if necessary, without motion. I would suggest either a 1) auto delay such as a self timer or 2) remote shutter. In each case locking the mirror up before exposure will help minimize the possibility of slight shake from the mirror slap.

The longer exposure should allow you to shoot at the native ISO of your camera for maximum quality (? ISO=200).

HTH

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Amtrain wrote:

...I cannot look through the viewfinder or look at the video screen on the camera because I am having to stand on a roll-around stair case to get high enough to shoot down at the 5' long map on a table).
Is there a way to tether the two together? :D

You may be able to tether but that will not solve your basic problem. In order to get a flat subject in focus your sensor has to be parallel to the surface of the map. If the map is on a horizontal table your camera will need to be directly above its center. Unless you can tilt the map or use a view camera you will never achieve your aim.

mrtobin Loc: North East Ohio

Geez!
The answer to the op's question is yes.
Lightroom will allow you to shoot tethered.
Canon cameras come with their own tether program.
Nikon charges extra for their tether program.
I do not know about Olympus, read the manual.
Imo lightroom would be your best bet.

Regards mrtobin

Amtrain

GDRoth wrote:

Welcome

Are you doing this by yourself or do you have an assistant?

My wife has assisted me. These maps are pulled from the back by archives staff in HUGE card stock folders containing 25-40 maps each. We lay the folders on a table then she will pull a map into position for me to photograph from above. After I take the shot, she pulls the next map into position. Her help keeps me from having to climb up and down off that ladder to pull the map into position. There are over 500 of them.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Amtrain wrote:

... We lay the folders on a table then she will pull a map into position for me to photograph from above. ....

Since it appears that you are not going to be directly above the center, you will need to use the smallest aperture possible depending on how steady you can hold the camera and how high you can push the ISO before the quality starts to crumble.

The result is going to be a compromise unless you can arrange to tilt the map.

sbesaw Loc: Boston

mrtobin wrote:

Geez!
The answer to the op's question is yes.
Lightroom will allow you to shoot tethered.
Canon cameras come with their own tether program.
Nikon charges extra for their tether program.
I do not know about Olympus, read the manual.
Imo lightroom would be your best bet.

Regards mrtobin

According to Lightroom they support only Nikon, Canon and Leica. LR 5 supports these three natively without the need for additional programs. LR5 makes no mention of Olympus support. It may work

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Amtrain wrote:

Long time reader, first time poster. br Equipment... (show quote)

Not sure if this is what you want, but give it a look (I did not read all the way through)-

http://www.fourthirds-user.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3370

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Suggest calling Olympus tech support first. Tethering is normally accomplished with a combination of software and a hard-wire connection usually with fire-wire / USB ends to match your particular camera and standard USB connection to your computer. I was able to get everything I needed on line. The software was free if memory serves correctly, the wire was only a few bucks.
It seems logical that for the type of photography you are doing the set up posted by Wall-E would be ideal, as you added comment concerning OOF. Not sure of what focus issues you are having, but I would think shooting on an even plane would be critical to prevent OOF issue for shooting maps. I have an app for my tablet that allows me to control focus while thered to my EOS, but at the time, it was for Canon only. Pretty sure I paid under $10 for the app. Just pointing out it is possible to achieve what you ask, just not sure if it possible for the Oly. Hope this helps a little.