EM1 continous AF and tracking

Andrew Ellis wrote:

Hi all, quick question please.

I've never used the EM1 before for anything other than single point AF. But we have just bought a new puppy to fill the hole in our lives left by the passing of our beloved cocker spaniel "Jake" a few weeks ago, and I want to document "Charlie's" life in photos and video.

With the advent of the Olympus Firmware V3 (which I have), one of the improvements was CAF and tracking, however there were also mixed comments about needed to have the correct frame rates (Continuous high vs medium), and Tracking vs non tracking etc. and it all got a bit confusing.

The question is then basically for an unpredictable Puppy, what's the best camera settings for CAF modes, drive modes, tracking etc. from all you experts that have already figured this out ?

Whilst I know that the Olympus will not be as good as the best DSLR set ups, if I can get a 50% keeper rate, I'd be happy with that. I will be mainly using either the 12-40 F2.8 Pro or the 40-150 F2.8 Pro.

Thanks.

IMHO tracking is still not worth using. CAF has improved, but the trick will be to keep Charlie in the focus area. I'd favour 9 point to give a little leeway.

I think the background is important to the rate of keepers - the less clutter the better.

Frame rate? Not sure my results would favour one over the other, for other reasons I prefer a slower frame rate, but probably for a fast moving pup I'd use short bursts at high speed.