E-M1 Settings Help for Olympus Newbie

dickg1 wrote: ...

Second: With every digital camera I have ever owned, I have been able to half press, focus and recompose with the little green box (aka focus confirmation) staying solid until the shot is made. No matter what I do with the E-M1, as soon as focus is achieved, the green box disappears. Do I have something set wrong - or is that the way the camera works? If the latter is the case, how do I set up my options to be able to focus and recompose, which is something I instinctively do in virtually every hand held shooting situation.

With the E-M1, in the EVF you see the AF area pointer when focus is being acquired. Once acquired, at least with display mode 1 enabled, a green focus confirmation indication appears in the lower left corner as long as focus is held. The AF area pointer disappears after the focus is acquired to allow a clearer view of the subject for framing.

I have my E-M1 set up with AF/MF assigned to toggle with the Fn2 button. That way, if I'm going to make repeated exposures of the same subject, I can half-press the shutter release to lock in the focus setting, tap the Fn2 button to push the focus to manual (it holds its setting), and then shoot as many exposures as I want at that setting. If I'm using spot or centerweighted metering, I can then meter separately using the half-press. I can also make critical focus adjustments manually. For me, it's very fluid in use this way.

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