Some shots with E-M1+40-150 & D810+70-200

Hello Kari,

Thanks for the comment. Yes, I had terrible results with tracking and, by mistake I had face recognition on too so it was even worse. The next time I made sure tracking was off and face recognition too but still had many poor shots. I had more keepers than my first attempt with my E-M1 but nowhere close to the keepers from my Nikon. I'll have to go out and try again with my 40-150 which I did not have when I made my first and second attempt.

The motocross event was also the first time for me to try the high frame rate and I encountered a big problem there too which does not happen at all in an optical viewfinder like my Nikon. When I panned and shot at a high rate, the EFV blacked out completely so I could not even follow the biker and stay on target. This doesn't happen at all with an optical viewfinder as, between each shot, you immediately see where you are and are able to follow the subject. I was standing close to the track and shooting riders zooming past me at about 20ft away and, unfortunately, my E-M1 just could not do it. So, I really like the camera but either I'm doing something wrong or it just cannot keep up with fast action like this...

Here's a crop of one of my D800 shots... It's pretty sharp.

Shot with my D800 as he rode past me at close range.

A +/- 1:1 crop of the above shot... Pretty good I think.

Another passing me at close range shot with my D800.

Again, I think pretty stunning detail.

I could not repeat anything close to it with my E-M1. This was only my second attempt our here with my E-M1 but, only my third time out here with my Nikon. I know that I turned face recognition and tracking off this time - but I don't remember if I was using continuous autofocus or not. I need to try again sometime.

I had a bothersome issue with my efv blacking out completely during a high frame rate as the biker rode past me and I was trying to shoot, to such an extent that I could not keep him accurately in the frame and ended up with many throw-aways like this... So, unfortunately, my two attempts at fast action like this with my E-M1 were disappointing whereas my Nikon was stunning. Perhaps still operator error though - I am not sure... Another example below.

E-M1, started off OK but, see next one...

Again, my efv, at 10fps, was blacking out completely and I could not follow the rider...

Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks.