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I recently picked up a E-m10 and I've been noticing that most of my indoor pictures are way out of focus. Just curious if others are having the same issue. I'll post some pictures later today.
 
Try using Single AF with the smallest AF box size (in the menu option it's the one with the lowercase "s" suffix) and use the 4-way arrow keys to pick the focus point.

Also, be sure the focus assist light option is on.

that works well for me.
 
As said all ready use single AF point or face detect focus. Make sure there is good contrast on the subject in focus. Make sure AF assist light is turned on . Also check your aperture as going above F5.6 often leads to missed focus as well . It likes good contrast.
 
Please post some images. They should not be way out of focus. I'm thinking camera movement at really slow shutter speeds. But please post images with the exif information. Also are you experiencing this issue with all your lenses?
 
I've not had any problems in dimly lit rooms, lit only by one lamp in a corner of a room and that's with a rather slow 14-150 lens. I use Auto-ISO when I do images in low light. Make sure the camera is not set to "release priority" so it won't shoot unless it finds something in focus. It would help if you post some examples.
 
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This is typically what I'm getting with most of my indoor pictures.
 
robjan245 said:
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This is typically what I'm getting with most of my indoor pictures.
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What lens are you using on the EM-10? Is OIS off if it is a Pany lens? Does this happen with all lenses? Try taking the same picture outdoors with the same settings. It doesn't look like anything is in focus in your image. Do you have your camera set to take a picture only when focus is achieved. Speak to an Olympus rep. I have had very good response from them.
 
As others have asked, how does it do outdoors in good light? Does it focus properly at all?
 
At the focal length, shutter speed and ISO you have, this should never happen whether you have IBIS on or off. It's odd that nothing is in focus. Looks like it was in manual focus mode and never focused. That would give this result if the focus was for a very near object.
 
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Something is horribly off. Does this happen with all your lenses or just the Panasonic's. Do you have an olympus lens you can try it with? If it's only the Panasonic see if you can turn off OIS on the Panasonic lens & try a similar shot. Although the body IBIS should override the lens OIS & turn it off automatically. But maybe they are not communicating with each other. Unfortunately only the 45-200 should have a lens OIS on/off switch the 14-42 does not.
 
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Probably got a uv filter fitted. Mine does much better. In fact it doesn't miss until I get down to really bad low light. Ie red yellow, blue disco lights and iso 6400 with f1.8
 
robjan245 said:
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This is typically what I'm getting with most of my indoor pictures.
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As others said, looks like MF (I did that once). As nothing in the background is in focus, it's probably focused close to the camera. Or maybe shutter priority instead of focus priority. It doesn't look like blur for camera movement, so that would rule out OIS/IBIS IMO...

Just in case it's not MF or shutter priority... it looks like you're using a flash (highlights in eyes, except the SS is 1/60s). Which model or on-body? How about flash settings?
 
No problems at all outdoors. I'm using the 14-42 kit lens.
 
In these cases of mis-focused pictures, did the camera indicate that it locked focus by showing a green symbol on the LCD/EVF? It could be that it didn't. Check the RELEASE PRIORITY setting to verify that it would release the shutter only if focused is locked.
 
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In these cases of mis-focused pictures, did the camera indicate that it locked focus by showing a green symbol on the LCD/EVF? It could be that it didn't. Check the RELEASE PRIORITY setting to verify that it would release the shutter only if focused is locked.
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Good point.

Can you remember if you used single focus point, multiple, or face detect? If you used single focus point then do you remember where did you focus? Some times when you focus on low contrast area the camera gives you focus confirmation but in fact nothing is in focus. This happened with my both EM1 and several m4/3 lenses several times and I have focus priority on.
 
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As said all ready use single AF point or face detect focus. Make sure there is good contrast on the subject in focus. Make sure AF assist light is turned on . Also check your aperture as going above F5.6 often leads to missed focus as well . It likes good contrast.
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I think I figured the problem. Camera was set to continuous auto focus. Since I switched back to single point, I haven't had the focusing issues. Thanks to all who responded.
 
robjan245 said:
I think I figured the problem. Camera was set to continuous auto focus. Since I switched back to single point, I haven't had the focusing issues. Thanks to all who responded.
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That is a very possible reason. Glad you sorted out. Enjoy your camera
 
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