Several debug modes were published in the past years, but this one is new for the OM-D series.
As I pushed the wrong buttons, the camera showed a screen only the E-series cameras had. I did not know that you can also access it on an OM-D. That mode is called "Test" and allows to edit two values. Prg. contains 256 values and item 501.
Follow these steps to enter the Test mode:
- Shut down camera
- Start the camera with the "MENU" button pushed
- When the screen is fully loaded release it and push it again to access the menu
- go down to the 5th setting (basic camera settings)
- go to the Display brightness setting (push the right trigger one time)
- push "INFO" and then "MENU" to access the general debug menu
- now push in order: up - down - left - right - Shutter - OK
Why is this useful?
At the source's web page is a test with a custom ISO value. They managed to manipulate the top/low ISO values. Can we also enable a ISO-50 for example? Also I'm pretty sure, that the E-M10 supports shutter values below 1/4000. Maybe it can be unlocked that way. Other attempts to get information about the values: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/1601363 (6th post).The Problem
All this is nice and maybe very useful, but: How do we shut down the "Test" app (I call it an App, because its labeled as a "Gui App" in the source code) and carry on with shooting without shutting down the camera? How do we see any changes?Tip: If you push "OK" and therefore go back to the screen where "OLYMPUS E-M10" is written you can push and hold the "Review" button and shut down your camera. If you start the camera now while pushing the "Review" button again (Release it after a few seconds), the settings in the hidden menu remain intact. But I haven't seen any other effective setting to change.
more debug: http://lightsnowdev.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-color-and-setup-debug-menu.html
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