Software

Wouldn't it be cool to be able to setup my pc so I can control my Olympus E500 digital SLR?

If I could do that perhaps I could use it as an awesome webcam, use the pc as a giant viewfinder or for time-lapse photgraphy.

Olympus provide an SDK for developers to do just that and more. It contains a camera control library in both ActiveX and Windows DLL versions, support files, full documentation, sample code for Visual C++ and Visual Basic.

Now that may appeal to the inventor inside of me but I found out that I would have to pay 29 euros plus VAT for the privilege. Not a lot you may think but maybe that's the reason why there aren't too many applications out there that others have developed using this SDK. If they gave it away, I can imagine it being downloaded thousands of times and being experimented with in all manner of strange and exotic ways, resulting in apps that range from useless to truly innovative. En route there would be more of a focus (sic) on Olympus which could result in more sales.

How about it Olympus?