Just an update .. I tried each algorithm with every set of parameters imaginable. Unfortunately, no success. Of note, `Backlash` was never enabled as an option using GPhoto CCD for the focuser so that shot down my theory that maybe setting some backlash value would help.

So question for anyone who might be paying attention to this thread ... is there any way to sniff the gphoto commands that are being sent to the camera? I hope to do some gphoto testing later but I want to try and determine if there's some issue with gphoto and how the Olympus is handling the commands that can be easily fixed, or if perhaps it's worth while trying to write an incredibly dumb focusing algorithm that just moves a fixed amount in each direction in an attempt to get some reproducibility in focus command to actual optical train focus change.

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