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Disappointments and surprises of Olympus and MFT

Started Mar 25, 2016 | Discussions thread
bigley Ling Veteran Member • Posts: 4,490
Re: Disappointments and surprises of Olympus and MFT

Kharan wrote:

ahaslett wrote:

Have you considered the FT 50-200SWD?

It sharpens up a bit if stopped down but isn't too bad wide open - see above.

Andrew

I have. Many, many times. Can you tell me a bit about its AF performance? Is it really as quick as the 12-60mm SWD? The SWD version, of course. Can it track as well/badly as the native lenses (I personally think the E-M1's tracking is fine, it competes well with entry-level Canons and better than Pentaxes)? I just hate that the E-system TCs have become so bloody expensive. Have you used it adapted with a 1.4x TC?

I've also thought about getting a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8, which would really solve most of my problems, but they're very rare.

Thanks a lot!

I have the older 50-200 non SWD, and it's AF performance is splendid on the E-M1. Continous AF tracking works well too and I get at least 80% success in focus shots when taking action type shots. I also have the 1.4x TC, but find for the majority of my purposes, I never really need to use as the tele reach is already very good.

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