Shooting sports: PEN E-PM2 vs EM5ii/EM1

Nicholas Johnson wrote:

I'm fairly happy with my $100 refurb EPM2 but after buying those beautiful Oly primes I am seeing general softness even with good technique and shutter speeds twice the rule. I'm thinking shutter shock and I'd like a body that has been engineered with no shock in mind.

I also have the opportunity to shoot my kids sports (soccer, baseball, tennis) or people getting dragged behind a boat. Soccer is incredibly tough as the subject distance is changing and the whole scene is chaotic. Here the C-AF on the EPM2 is so wrong. Just always. Hunting, breathing, sharp background or sharp foreground but the subject in the middle is a disaster.

The question becomes is there anything in the EM5 (original since people have experience, or the II) that makes it better at C-AF than the cheapest m43 with the same sensor. My understanding is that the EM1's PDAF only works on legacy 43 lenses and since I have no desire to buy any its not really on my radar.

In case you couldn't tell I'm in the market for a new body. The EM5ii is at the top of my list for sharp stills and super stabilized video. I just wish I could do C-AF with my current lenses (40-150/5.6R) and not either give up or buy into another system.

The E-M1 is supposed to use both PDAF and CDAF when used in CAF mode with mFTs lenses as long as the target stays within the PDAF part of the frame.  It uses only PDAF with FTs lenses for both SAF and CAF modes.