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50-200 SWD vs. 40-150 PRO AF Speed on E-M1 firmware v3.0?

Started Mar 9, 2015 | Questions thread
DonParrot Veteran Member • Posts: 4,968
Re: 50-200 SWD vs. 40-150 PRO AF Speed on E-M1 firmware v3.0?

hnilickam wrote:

Hello, look at

http://www.furnfeather.net/Reviews/3.0_FirmwareTest.html

Hm, I'm massively amazed by his findings. To date, anybody who owns this lens and the E-M1 reported that the Lumix 100-300 delivers extremely poorly, with the E-M1's high-speed C-AF. And from my own experience, I would say that FW 3.0 indeed has turned the camera into a true sports monster - but solely with the µFT lenses. The C-AF performamce of my E-m1 with my 50-200 SWD was clearly better than described by him before the upgrade - but hasn't changed significantly afterwards.

At the dog racetrack it still does not C-AF fast enough for the faster guys such as the Whippets and Greyhounds - while it delivers in great style with my own, slower dogs.

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