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Need advice from E-PL5, E-PL6 expert.

Started Jun 27, 2015 | Discussions thread
bs1946
bs1946 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,779
Re: Need advice from E-PL5, E-PL6 expert.

Roger Wiseman wrote:

Good information. I am certain I had the L-Fn button set to some mode that killed the autofocus. I have no idea how that happened. Now that it is set to off, since I have none of the lenses with that function, I am sure everything will continue to work fine. I am still a little confused as to why the setting for that button has so many choices, many of which do not seem to apply to lenses. BTW, here is the menu page.

The default for L-Fn is Stop-AF. As you probably noticed by now, the user's guide is ambiguous at best and of little help with explanations of  what a feature does or is used for . Stop-AF only works if you are using CAF, continuous autofocus. Its only purpose is to stop autofocusing, if you want, when CAF is tracking a target, nothing more. Since you didn't have a lens with the L-AF button, there should be no way to trigger Stop-AF and mess up your AF. I still think something else was wrong.

I have an E-M10 and I had an EPL-5 until I replaced it with a GM5. L-Fn was set to Stop-AF on the EPL-5 by default and is still set that way on the E-M10. I have the 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro, which is my only lens with an L-Fn button. I never use the button and I don't think I've ever used CAF on either camera. I also never used the 12-40mm on the EPL-5. Never had any problem like yours with either camera.

Anyway, I'm glad your EPL-6 is working again.

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