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My experiences with micro four thirds

Started Jan 19, 2016 | Discussions thread
Fotoke Forum Member • Posts: 83
Re: My experiences with micro four thirds
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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my experiences with the micro four thirds system.

I sold all my Nikon gear a couple of years ago - based around the excellent camera the D300. It was getting old, no replacement had come out, it was too heavy to carry, many times I didn´t bring it on vacations because of the weight. But what a great camera it was, in many ways I still miss it - the autofocus system was just excellent, it somehow knew what I wanted in focus.

So I decided to switch to micro four thirds and went for the OMD EM10 with a Panasonic 14-140 and Olympus 25 mm F1.8. I´ve now used the camera for well over a year, but I´ve never liked it. It´s too small, and I find the controls counterintuitive. Autofocus is really terrible, and it takes too long to adjust the point of focus, I´ve missed so many shots. And it can´t be used for moving subjects at all. So finally this last week I sold it. Instead I got a Panasonic GX8 - and my passion for photography is back. What a camera! Love the size of it, well thought out controls, just so easy to use!

Out of curiosity, what was so terrible about the E-M10's autofocus?

Accuracy, speed, S-AF, C-AF, low light?

I aware of its poor C-AF and unlike E-M10 mark II there is no AF targeting pad.

 Fotoke's gear list:Fotoke's gear list
Olympus OM-D E-M10 II Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4-5.6 R Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8
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