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A bit of water sport action

Started Oct 26, 2015 | Discussions thread
Colin K. Work Veteran Member • Posts: 3,699
Re: A bit of water sport action

HFLM wrote:

That's fine. However, if DOF is plenty, then the AF system doesn't need to work that hard. Set 1/1000, focus close to the surfer and everything required is in focus as the subject stays within DOF.

I didn't read any claim that that this was a demo of superlative AF.

I shoot a lot of similar stuff, and I say if the enhanced DOF gives me an advantage, I'm all for it. I'm with Brian on this ... whether or not its the AF, DOF or something else, in comparison with my Canon gear (7D, 5Dii and L lenses) I'm getting a much higher success rate with the EM-1

At the end of the day, that's all that matters.

I know the EM1 is not that bad and handles horizontal motion quite well. But it is not a situation I call difficult to handle. If you do soccer or football in a dimly lit location where a mis-focus means an out-of-focus image, that's a different situation. Not easy even for D4s or D1x. Please don't be offended. I don't mean it that way. Just my thoughts.

Oh - and forgot to say nice shots ... though the last one, not quite sure what's going on there.

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