Thread resurrection but, the one issue I encounter when using an Olympus OMD EM1 Mk.I is the inability to save pictures in bulb mode. It works fine for exposures up to 60 seconds (occasionally, I still encounter a "failed to capture, trying again" message) with all the exposure options the camera provides. However, as soon as I switch to bulb mode, I'm unable to capture an image, and I've attached the logs for reference.
Kstars Log
2023-09-11T15:13:14 CCD capture aborted
2023-09-11T15:13:03 Capturing 90,000-second image...
2023-09-11T15:13:03 Restarting capture attempt #2
2023-09-11T15:13:03 Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details.
2023-09-11T15:13:03 Capturing 90,000-second image...
2023-09-11T15:13:03 Restarting capture attempt #1
2023-09-11T15:13:03 Capture failed. Check INDI Control Panel for details.
2023-09-11T15:10:59 Capturing 90,000-second image...
2023-09-11T15:10:59 Job requires 90,000-second images, has 0/1 frames captured and will be processedKstars Log
2023-09-11T00:41:37: [INFO] Starting 90 seconds exposure.
2023-09-11T00:41:03: [INFO] Starting 90 seconds exposure.
2023-09-11T00:41:03: [ERROR] Exposure failed to save image... Unspecified error
2023-09-11T00:39:00: [INFO] Starting 90 seconds exposure.I attempted to capture an image directly from gphoto2 using the following command, but unfortunately, I had no success. Therefore, the issue seems to be with gphoto2 or libgphoto2.
> gphoto2 --set-config bulb=1 --wait-event=10s --set-config bulb=0
Waiting for 10 seconds for events from camera. Press Ctrl-C to abort.
UNKNOWN PTP Event 4004, Param1 00010001
UNKNOWN PTP Event 4005, Param1 00010001I later came across a script created by someone that after some minor modifications to the code, allowed me to achieve 120-second exposures using bulb mode (File attached) (I will credit the author when I have access to my PC later). Apart from this, the camera has been quite usable with ekos.
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