My Olympus D600L won't turn on! Help!!

There is nothing more depressing than going to turn on your Olympus D600L and nothing happens! I know, it happened to me! The problem stems from somekind of internal problem that occurs with the D600L. And the little documented Reset button is the answer. Inside the card compartment is a reset button. You need a paperclip or a toothpick to push into the hole and hold it there for a couple of seconds. Having done this, the Olympus D600L should now come back to life. Note that you might have to correct the date and time settings in the camera.

Getting consistent exposure in a Panorama

If you haven't used the Enroute QuickStitch software that came with the Olympus D600L you are not taking advantage of a valuable piece of software that creates stunning panoramas.

First thing that I noticed is horizontal photos work better at stitching than vertical ones. I don't know why but none of my vertical photos stitch together well. So I stick to taking only horizontal photos to create a panorama.

Exposure setting is incredibly important for taking panoramas. And it took some experimenting on my part. But I found that the only way to get a consistent exposure setting was to always sample the exposure from wherever the first photo was taken. So even with an 8 frame panorama, you depress the shutter button halfway only in the exact spot where the first photo is taken. Then you get a consistent exposure setting for your panorama.

Flash

The built-in flash on the D600 is alright, but like most built-in flashes just not the greatest. I found lots of shadows in my photos. But you can solve the problem by utilizing an external slave flash. Just that there is no standard hot-shoe to place a flash on! You can find slave flashes that work with the D600 at SR Electoronics and the Digislave series of flashes.