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Manual focus on a moving subject (Dancer) Panasonic G6

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Greenbeanz
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Manual focus on a moving subject (Dancer) Panasonic G6

Hi, I am new to the digital video talk forum, but often post in the Micro Four Thirds section here at DPReview.

I am going to be using my G6 at the weekend in a black curtained room with a few lights high up on a rig to film somebody dancing. The dancer will move in his wheelchair and on the floor. I will probably supplement the G6 with a couple camcorders, on tripods at the back corners of the room, for wide shots to cut to. I have an old Helios lens (44-2 58mm) and an OLY 45mm 1.8 and a Panasonic 14mm, but will probably use the Panasonic 25mm 1.4 on the G6. I am thinking that 1080 60p mp4 will give me the most options when it comes to editing, as i will need to change the speed quite a lot to give the disabled dancers movements a smoother arc when moving between shots or repeating movements in the edit.

What is the simplest way to keep my focus on him as he moves? any other settings advice etc would be much appreciated.

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