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Thinking of Moving from APSC to M43

Started Sep 27, 2016 | Discussions thread
Allan Brown
Allan Brown Veteran Member • Posts: 3,179
Re: Thinking of Moving from APSC to M43

kierenlon wrote:

SNIP

1. Can it use back button focus / AF-ON

Yes, but Panasonic and Olympus behave differently when doing this.

2. Continuous autofocus / view when shooting?

Not a strong point of m4/3. Your Nikon will be better

2. Flash sync speed

It depends on camera model what the upper limit will be. My EP5 will sync at 1/400 (rated 1/320).

Also, Panasonic still think in terms of 1/160 despite many complaints.

3. Microphone jack

Depends on model

4. Weight
As the Olympus F2.8 lens is quite expensive, I reckon I might be able to be happy for a while with body only and a lens adapter for the Nikon lenses. I assume most M43 bodys have the option to release the shutter only on focus? That way, I can set up a focus trap which should work quite well.

No m4/3 camera to date has Focus Trap.

(Focus Trap is where the camera is pre-focused and will take a photo when the subject moves into the focus plane OR will take a photo when the manual focus of the lens passes through the focus point. Pentax have this useful feature).

They all have Focus priority release but I find Olympus cameras will take a photo regardless. My Panasonics are better in this regard.

While others have suggested the EM1, take a look at the two newest Panasonic cameras the G80 and GX80/85. Both of these have new features that you may find important to you.

Allan

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