Using your Olympus OM-D cameras tethered to a computer

Introduction

professional photographers in studio shoots often prefer to work with their cameras tethered to a computer which enables:
- immediate display of the taken image on the computer for closer analysis of adequacy of the image especially when checking for focus accuracy, subject movement blur and blown highlights
- immediate computer copy of the RAW file as insurance against card failure
most need to use a long USB cable BUT you do need a special cable to avoid signal loss:
- eg TetherTools 5m cable and basic tethering kit including safety "jerk stoppers" -$US85-105 depending upon camera and options

Olympus capture software is a free download for owners of Olympus cameras
it allows one to see a live view of the camera and remotely adjust camera settings and focus point plus trigger the shutter or movie from the computer
this can be achieved via the supplied USB cable (NOT the HDMI cable) or via WiFi
set your camera's USB mode to the PC-camera icon
it can be used with Lightroom using LR's Auto Import function accessing the same folder as Olympus Capture and then LR can automatically move them to your preferred destination, and add import settings and keywords automatically:
- Youtube tutorial

ONLY the latest OM-D cameras support tethered shooting:
- all E-M1 models (mark I requires Firmware 2.0 or later)
- E-M5 Mark II or later
- E-M1X

this does not allow the tethered capture as for Olympus Capture but does allow a range of options such as:
- transferring files from the camera to the computer AFTER they have been taken (camera's USB option to Auto or Storage)
- Raw Edit mode - which allows you to edit the RAW files on your camera from your computer (camera's USB option needs to be set to Raw Edit)
- update the camera's firmware
- image editing (and basic movie editing)