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EM1 continous AF and tracking

Started Nov 3, 2015 | Discussions thread
Steve2015 Contributing Member • Posts: 516
Re: EM1 continous AF and tracking

Paul Amyes wrote:

After consulting the collective brains trust on this very subject a few weeks ago I purchased an EM1 for shooting sports. To put it mildly the results were disappointing while the camera quickly acquired focus it quickly lost it with the net result that I was not getting anymore than around 50% of shots in focus.

Not knowing much about your gear will net you the results you're getting. Others here seem to be getting fantastic results shooting sports.
Have you tried playing around with the CAF lock?
How about the AF point? (small, 9, all?)

I can honestly say that if you're only getting 50% keepers, what were you doing wrong? A lot here think that you only need a camera capable at shooting sports to be able to capture consistantly great action shots. Like with any other genre, it's going to take a lot of practice to get images you're happy with, not a week or two, especially with a new camera.

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