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Telephoto Lens that can keep up with my G7?

Started Jun 20, 2016 | Discussions thread
Peterd21 Regular Member • Posts: 353
Re: Telephoto Lens that can keep up with my G7?

Have you tried using back button focus ?. You might find that this helps if the subject distance isn't changing as it saves refocussing each time.

How to do this can be found at:

http://www.funtechtalk.com/how-to-back-button-autofocus-af-on-panasonic-lumix-dmc-g7-camera/

I wasn't so sure about doing this but have found it works really well on the G7 (but not so on the GX8 as the AE/AF button is further away). I don't bother going to a single AF point but often have the focus selector in MF so you get the peaking display  - although it can get in the way. Quite strange being able to use auto-focus in MY but you get used to it.

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