OI.Share and other Olympus Apps

Olympus has very good apps, OI.Share App is for importimg images and remotely control the camera, OI.Track App is to record GPS coordinates and OI.Palette App is for image editing on the go. In this video, I will go through how those work.
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[@john-toregundersen2655]

Thanks a lot Peter. I will go thru this vid again. It looked really helpful. I have never tried before but now i will. Again, thanks!

[@ForsgardPeter]

Thank you. You really should try it out, it is a great help in many cases.

[@Rafaga777]

Thanks a lot for your efforts for making us better photographers. Much appreciated...

[@janm2473]

Excellent, Petr... Thank you

[@jeffdrew625]

I gotta rewatch this! Good instructions!

[@ForsgardPeter]

Thanks.

[@davidblack2632]

Great video. Your video got me to play with the geotagging and editing apps again. Olympus has improved their apps. A or two ago after they removed the geo6from Share it was really difficult to geotag using the tracker and share programs. Now after watching your video it was easy. Many thanks.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Great!

[@closeshot7161]

I discovered a fun use of OI. Track - it will recognize pictures taken with my phone! I had taken some images with my Olympus and a couple with my phone. All showed up with the push pin. I have since turned on Track and shot a bunch of photos with just my phone. The images appeared just like they were taken with my EM1. Nice!

[@ForsgardPeter]

That is cool, I need to test that!

[@zipbob90]

Great video! How is the app's edit photo at upping exposure and zooming in to check if an underexposed image is in focus?

[@LouisDallara]

I have used the OL.Share & Track and never had a problem till my new OM!-II. I have watched the video twice. Great job. I found some other setting and thank you. I am still having problems and getting the same error message. Oh I have all the latest firm wear, I use Android. The error I keep getting is: "Delete Camera from WIFI Settings on your device to connect to the Camera from OL.share."

[@ForsgardPeter]

Have you tried to delete that Wifi setting? Should works after if you make the easy set ups again.

[@RobLajeunesse]

Thanks for the video. The app and connection work great on my EM5 III. Love the bluetooth connection too. The only question I have is what do you do with the RAW file once you've imported to your cellphone? There is a file in a folder named Olympus. iOS photos doesn't open it of course. Neither does the OI.Palette and neither does Snapseed. I would love to work on a raw file in Snapseed but I'm not able to figure out the workflow.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Those images should go straight to the Camera Roll in iOS.

[@rpdee7344]

I was wondering too can the app be registered with more than one Olympus camera at a time so you can choose it for the one if you own more than one Olympus OM-D camera? See Phil Robinson question clearer than what I stated.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes, it seems that only one camera is able to be registered at a time.

[@pawenowak4676]

As usual, a good movie .... I have an Olympus OMD em10 ii and what applications are the best for this model ??? Will uploading the photo file this way will be without loss ??? please write

[@ForsgardPeter]

Thanks.

[@mattisulanto]

Does it really transfer the photos over Bluetooth or does it use the BT to wake up the WiFi and then use that for the actual transfer?

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes, that is true.

[@TheMagdiragdag]

Yep, same as Canon does. It uses the BT to setup the Wifi connection. BT doesn't have the bandwidth to transfer images rapidly.

[@rpdee7344]

Thanks for the Apps review, I have DL them but have not really used them yet. Just like the camera menus there seems to be a lot of adjustable features. which can get confusing at times. How do you feel that the Olympus apps compare to the one that comes with the smartphone? Own an older Sony bridge 30X zoom camera with built in GPS , Olympus should add that to all their cameras so you don't need a smart phone to add it, like it when i know where the photos are taken.

[@ForsgardPeter]

GPS should be on every camera, I agree.

[@diemar70]

Hi Peter, I appreciate a lot your video and I’ve see them all few second after you’ve uploaded. If I can, I’ve got a question for you. I’m searching a adattatore ring from Olympus emd10 markII to my Nikon mount F lens. There is some good? Thanks in advance

[@ForsgardPeter]

Fotodiox makes good ones: fotodioxpro.com/collections/lens-mount-adapters/products/nikf-mft

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

I use Panasonic micro-four-thirds with lots of vintage lenses -- including classic Nikon F-mount glass -- and the Fotodiox adapters are inexpensive and work great -- just remember that most everything is manual. Not just focus, but aperture also -- I typically set my camera to Aperture-Priority and even though it cannot detect electronically what the aperture of the lens is set to, it can read the light coming through the lens and adjust the shutter speed accordingly.

[@yac1066]

Hello, pity that AI Track does not transmit the altitudes neither for raw OM-D EM5II, nor for OM-D EM1II! Because I use this application every day and my photographic work ... And LR allows me to quickly complete the fields of location.

[@peternumber19]

I didn't know about Palette. I've tried a few free text on photo apps and this is pretty good and usable for phone photos. I too have 2 OMDs and only being able to register one is a disappointment.

[@philrob57]

Hi Peter, great video, I just tried to register both my em-1 mk2 and em-5 mk2 however the app will only allow one camera to be registered at a time I have the latest camera firmware and the app version is 4.3.1 is this not possible or have I missed something. It would be nice to have both cameras registered as the description uses the plural "registered cameras" thought this would be possible Cheers

[@ForsgardPeter]

It seems that only one camera can be registered at a time.

[@GuyHindle]

@@ForsgardPeter I don't like your answer - though, of course a) you are correct 👍 and b) you're not in control of the app

[@closeshot7161]

They need to fix that - everyone knows you can't buy just one Olympus camera!

[@GuyHindle]

@@closeshot7161.... it *does* seem to be a very short-sighted decision

[@seanwu1968]

I am an EM-5 Mark II user. I was able to add geotag with iOS version of "OI. Share" app. Couldn't remember since which version Olympus removed this function to "OI. Track" app which is not support EM-5 Mark II. What a bummer. :-(

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes it does. There might be some other problems with the connection.

[@TITAOSTEIN]

Hello Peter, I would like to ask if it is possible to take pictures in RAW using Live View in OI Share? Or is it limited to just JPEG. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not getting RAW, just jpeg. Thanks!

[@ForsgardPeter]

What camera you have. I tested it with E-M1 MKIII and it worked ok, it recorded a raw+jpg.

[@metamurph]

The wifi share piece is one thing that I find painful with Olympus compared to working with Nikon's software. (I don't know about others) On a Nikon you create a connection once - at that point anytime you turn on the camera it can automatically connect, it will import photos in the background if you want. It sounds like the bluetooth enable Olympus is a little more similar. remote capture is a great option with these and it is such a nice way to do the special types of connections. So cool stuff but can improve.

[@ForsgardPeter]

That way it would be even better.

[@HM13.]

I got a TG-850 but its LCD flip screen is dead blank. It still can be switched on and take photos/ videos. Could you possible list down the menu settings how I could navigate to on the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth settings so that I be able to connect via my smartphone using O.I Share? This is my last chance before scraping it or go ahead and pay $138 for repair&replace of the strip cable :(

[@remusmoise8836]

Hello Peter. Do you think Olympus will include the bracketing mode in the OI Share app? Panasonic has it and it works so great shooting in bracketing mode or focus stacking. Why is so difficult for Olympus to make this improvment real? Best all!!!!

[@ForsgardPeter]

I agree that it wold be a good feature in the app. I hope the include that in the future.

[@irishrose89775]

Peter how do you connect after you initially register the camera with the application. In other words if I go back to the app after the camera is turned off how do you reconnect. Very confusing. If I tap the WiFi app on the screen it wants me to re-register.

[@ForsgardPeter]

It should connect automatically. Sometimes you need to choose the cameras wifi from your mobile if there are other wifi's you are connected to. When you tap the wifi symbol on the camera screen what happens?

[@stehlealexander]

I used it on the om d em 1 mk 2. max distance was aprox 10m for remote. would be nice if the em 5 mk3 would be better. -> animal photography.

[@wildcat1065]

I had the same problem, such a shame. I wanted to put the camera close to a hare that visits my garden and operate the camera from indoors. As you say 10m is the limit at best.

[@fritzbaudasch9091]

Hi Peter, is it possble to operate more maras in O.I. Share ?

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes there is, but only one at a time.

[@tnargs57]

To be more phone-like and convenient, the camera screen needs a 'Share' button on the playback screen, that auto-connects to the device and auto-selects (in the OI Share app) the photo that is currently being viewed in the camera.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes, I agree and that is something that camera manufactures should do.

[@jisjis87]

To everybody who is having troubles connecting. I figured out that I had some kind of wifi assistant enabled on my android phone. Once I disabled it from the wifi settings the connection was a lot better and it actually connects and stays. The wifi assistant has permission to switch connections if it detects there's no online.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Sounds like a good solution.

[@FlyRiderFishing]

Oh my goodness! After bashing this stupid app for years and being extremely frustrated by it, THIS solved all the issues! Someone should really forward this to the app developers!!! Thanks man!

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Thank you Peter -- I don't think that Panasonic has similar apps -- their camera control app is very good though. Have you heard of CameraRescue? Located in Tampere Finland? I saw a KZbin video from Mathieu Stern where he toured this place -- amazing collection of vintage cameras and lenses -- and they repair the ones that they can, and sell their surplus. And they even have modern cameras (like Micro-Four Thirds). Another reason for me to travel to Finland!!!

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes I have. It is a great store.

[@msciarra]

Olympus Image share is not available at a lot of countries for iOS like in Latin America (Argentina, Chile, etc.) and Eastern Europe. It is a big problem a fault for Olympus to ignore those user base. We feel really bad with Olympus for ignore us. Could you help us?

[@ForsgardPeter]

Really, I will check into that.

[@lbosco1234]

I am trying to set up the OI Share and have gotten to the point in the video where you scan in the QR code. There is a square that you are supposed to scan in the QR code . But it doesn't seem to scan the code. I can't quite figure out the logistics of getting the lcd to scan. Do I just lay it on top of the box or hover over the box. How long does this take? It doesn't seem to change?

[@ForsgardPeter]

It should be pretty quick. Try to put the phone as close as possible so that the QR code still remains sharp.

[@lbosco1234]

@@ForsgardPeter Thanks, I finally figured out I was doing this backwards. All is well. Thank you.

[@scottgarriott3884]

I'd love to see the OI Share app allow "view only" mode. Ie. allow the device to act as a monitor only while the camera retains control. I have several use scenarios and have even written to OM Digital Solutions asking them to consider making this functionality available.

[@ForsgardPeter]

That would be good. I hope that feature will be available someday.

[@johanankarback6821]

That was a great video. Very informative. Unfortunately the App doesn't seems to work on my phone. I'm importing images but i can't see them. Everything seems to be working ok but when I wan't to edit the photos the App uses OI Palette and that doesn't show the imported images at all. I'm only shooting rawfiles. The camera is a EM1-X. It's a Android phone.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Thank you. Does your phone support raw-files?

[@johanankarback6821]

@@ForsgardPeter I thought that was depending on the App. It probably doesn't :( I tried with jpeg and that is working fine.

[@dragonzoltan]

It could be a great app actually, unfortunately, even with the latest firmware, there are glitches in the WiFi connection. But what is really buffling is the inability to transfer RAW images from any Olympus camera. There should be no limitation on this technically speaking, as Eye-Fi and FlashAir cards can easily do it. It's just difficult to understand why this feature is only availble for the flagship camera models.

[@jconeto]

Te problem I have with O.I. Share is that I bought my EM1 Mark ii in Spain, but I live un Argentina, and the app Is not available in Google Play foto this región, neither Olympus Lets me register the camera with an adress not in Spain. But I love the camera and tour videos ate extremely helpfull

[@ForsgardPeter]

I have heard that the app is not available in South America. I wonder why. That is a shame.

[@jconeto]

@@ForsgardPeter I don't think that Is a smart policy, even uf they don't carne for the Latín American market, many of their costumbre from Europe, North América and Asia travel and may need to update

[@eisha9502]

Can you help me getting the app on my phone

[@ForsgardPeter]

It is very hard to help from here. If it is not in the app store you could try to change the location settings.

[@eisha9502]

I really need the app right now. I'm from Bangladesh and I need this software in 2021.. But It's getting kind of impossible me to get the app now.. I Can't find it in app store or play store 😥

[@ForsgardPeter]

It is very hard to help from here. If it is not in the app store you could try to change the location settings.

[@eisha9502]

@@ForsgardPeter Okay !Thank You Peter ☺

[@janpudney]

The major problem with OIShare and OITrack is the inability to take photos with the camera, rather than having to use the smartphone as a glorified remote control. Or am I missing something?

[@ForsgardPeter]

The app can be used as remote. When OI:Track is on, you ca use the camera for photography. The app only records the GPS data.

[@DavidCrooksPhotos]

How can I get the Easy Setup button back after it disappeared?

[@ForsgardPeter]

Press the wifi/camera/bluetooth button in bottom of the app. It will reveal the easy set up button.

[@DavidCrooksPhotos]

Peter Forsgård it took me three times before I was able to see and press the button.It flashes and goes away. Not the most intuitive app

[@johndolson8342]

For Android users of OI.Track, swiping left on the Log to update the camera doesn't work. On Android, touch and hold the Log file. You'll see several options. Select "Add Geotag" and all will be good.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Thanks for the instructions.

[@yashwantchowdhary441]

Connecting camera to mobile fone wifi is erratic. If u can connect the camera to mobile by wifi, it works! But, often stuck with first step often!

[@barissimo6890]

Displaying live camera images in the field for nature guides and educators Clarifications and corrections to my previous comment: There are two Olympus software applications that can be used: The OLYMPUS IMAGE SHARE app (“OI.Share” for short) is an smartphone app that works with Apple, Android and Windows smartphones and tablets. It may not work on devices that have somewhat old operating system versions. If you cannot download the app from the respective app store onto your device, this probably means that the operating system on your device is too old to run it. I have a Samsung Android tablet made in 2015, and in December 2020 its operating system is too old, despite being updated to the 2017 operating system. Thus, I must run the app on my newer Apple iPhone. Contrary to what I stated in my earlier comment, it IS possible to use the camera’s autofocussing and image stabilization (!) on the smartphone. This is accomplished by previously activating continuous autofocusing and image stabilization in the camera’s settings. When you are running OI.Share, however the camera’s own display and controls will not work. You can take a picture and make a few basic setting changes, but you must do so from your smartphone screen. Digital zoom will not work, but you can take a picture then zoom in on picture details using your smartphone/tablet. The Wi-Fi range, incidentally, seems to be about 5 meters, but might be somewhat different with your setup. Being able to take pix remotely from your smartphone might be useful. The other application is OLYMPUS CAPTURE, which must be installed on devices using full Windows or full Apple operating systems. The connection to the camera is via the USB cable that comes with the camera or one of comparable quality if you want a longer cable. I don’t know what the maximum workable length might be. Something to investigate and test. There are two main advantages to going this route: First, Capture lets you control pretty much everything from EITHER your camera OR your notebook computer. Second, the notebook computers that would be used with Capture typically have larger screens than tablets. This would definitely be the way to go for larger groups of viewers. I am “pretty sure” that Capture will also work with certain so-called tablet devices, provided that they use Windows or Mac operating systems that are sufficiently recent. A nice lightweight compromise might be to use Capture on a 12-inch tablet, assuming it’s operating system can handle Capture (iPad, Windows Surface). Investigate this before buying any new computing equipment in order to run Capture. Also consider how weather-resistant your setup will need to be.

[@nashad6783]

How to install OLYMPUS Image Share on PC

[@nashad6783]

Is it possible to install OLYMPUS Image Share on a PC to connect to the camera? Not on a mobile device. THANKS

[@crackingforce2002]

Hi Peter! Is there any way to transfer raw files to my android phone using Olympus Share? I can just transfer jpeg files and i can't see the raw file in the app :-/

[@ForsgardPeter]

It depends on your camera, only E-M1 MKII and E-M1 MKIII can transfer raw images with OI.Share. There is a third party app called Cascable that can transfer raw files from Olympus cameras. Cascable is worth a try.

[@crackingforce2002]

@@ForsgardPeterunfortunately i am using EM10 Mark-2, i heard about cascable but i could not find it's android app. I guess it is only for ios. Anyway thank you so much for the reply Peter.

[@dapastra]

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[@ekkanofiqandriyana7325]

Olympus seriously need to update their mobile apps, they are just like an ancient apps in practicality, connections, including the UI. i love my penF but hate the Olympus apps, very very very hate.

[@blacksunapocalypse]

I found the app to be terrible. Camera constantly disconnects to the point where it's basically unusable. Started using a G85 with the panasonic app, and it's worlds better.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Do you use Android or iOS?

[@blacksunapocalypse]

@@ForsgardPeter Android.

[@johanankarback6821]

It seems to disconnect as soon as you don't use it for a little while.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Could that be some setting on your phone?

[@dierkb.5682]

Hi Peter, i am a german hobby-fotographer. Your videos are very fine, but your speech is too fast for me. Maybe, you can reduce the speed of speaking? It´s very difficult for me to understand you. And I don`t want miss your videos. Okay, I will try to understand. Best regards Dierk

[@ForsgardPeter]

Yes, you are right. I tend to speak too fast, it is something that I try to work on, but it is hard to change the way to speak.

[@rucknraul]

These apps use to work great with my pen f. But since the last update, nothing works! Oi share use to be great now its a piece of sh''t...

[@ForsgardPeter]

What seems to be the problem? Are you using Android or iOS?

[@rucknraul]

Hello@@ForsgardPeter I'm using the android version. Since the last update, connecting to the app and uploading the photos to my phone has become impossibly long or impossible. Not only that but it is making my PEN-F overheat while transferring the pictures so I get an overheating warning on the lcd screen.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Ou no, sounds bad. Have you checked the settings on your phone? Is there possible something that can be changed.

[@rucknraul]

@@ForsgardPeter yes. Nothing has changed on my phone. Just the new Olympus app. And if you go see the comments on the Appstore, they are all very negative. The app is rated 1 star out of 5. I'm really disappointed because before the update everything used to work great and I was totally dazzled by this app. It WAS great, but it is no more.