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Olympus 40-150 f2.8 for sports - top techniques?

Started May 19, 2015 | Discussions thread
abe4652 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,147
Re: Olympus 40-150 f2.8 for sports - top techniques?

77phil77 wrote:

Hi

Ive found this on a few occassions especially where the focus has a clear option ie action on the field or nicely defined grandstand in the background - i'm guessing the latter is easier to pick up on for the lens and takes priority. anyway i have two things that I tend to do I hope they help you

1. I do prefocus ie find something close the where I anticipate the action - this seems to prompt the lens that I want this type of distance - not much science in this answer but I would give it a go.

also

2. I have one of my front FN buttons programmed to bring my focus point to the centre of the viewfinder

These two allow me to be a little more ready and anticipate the action which is a whole lot of what action photography is all about

regards

Phil

abe4652 wrote:

Contrary to most reviews, mine does not focus fast at all if it has been focused somewhere far away (near or close) than where you want it to focus now.

Solution?

1970's era prefocusing.

I forgot to mention, I guess, that I only use center point autofocusing.

So, center point, AF-S, and yet I still have the issue. The IQ is great though, so I guess I should not complain. But it will also sometimes not move from a given focus point...

Maybe a firmware update is called for?

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