> well, you'd think that once focused on the mountain, at that distance and then switched to manual, it should be perfect.
Yes, I thought that too. But the program driving the camera has a focus setting, and setting it to infinity does not achieve the best focus. Go figure.
I am guessing that is why Olympus stopped making the camera with computer-driven capabilities. There currently isn't a reasonably priced camera on the market that provides these features:
- Zoom level appropriate for the Lone Pine to Whitney distance
- Can be controlled by computer software.
- Reasonably priced
Current reasonably priced point-and-shoot cameras will zoom and take better quality pictures. But none can be controlled by computer.
I fantasize about a computer-controlled robotic setup that could be built to run a camera. It would need to be able to mechanically operate the camera, PLUS connect and disconnect the camera-to-computer USB connection, since the current cameras (at least the Panasonic I have) won't take a picture when connected to the computer.
