Done with slow focus

Walt_A wrote:

I have and use the OMD-10 quite a bit alongside my K3/K30 and my Canon 7D. My partner uses the Panasonic G7. If you want to do CAF/AF-C to track the OMD-10 is not for you, the G7 is much better, although I believe the newer Panasonic G80 is even better with it's improved Depth from Defocus (DFD) ability. However I shoot wildlife not people so can't say how they would work with active children. You can use the OMD 10 in single shot af with motordrive for active subjects because it is so fast to acquire the subject and with 8fps I can usually get a few more in focus that with my K3/K30. An example of a fast flying falcon is here flying Falcon , a vulture against a cluttered background vulture , and finally a flying dragonfly dragonfly in flight . You do have to approach it differently though with the way you use saf ie don't prefocus then fire but just press the shutter button down all the way in one go. The only olympus that I know does afc well is the EM-1 and it's newer II version as these have phase detect built into the sensor rather than having to rely on contrast detect af (I have no experience with them though).

Shooting on a moving target with K3 and K30, I get best results in AF-C by using back button focus: this way my thumb is dedicated to AF, whereas my forefinger on the shutter release dont bother about AF.

Pentax AF is not good in tracking in x and y axis, but is good in the z axis (depth). I get better results in single point AF-C, trusting the camera for adjusting the focus (in the Z axis) while I track the target by panning the camera.