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Pen F autofocus vs. OM-D E-M1 (either version)

Started Dec 26, 2017 | Questions thread
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Panasonic body and AF

Dunsun wrote:

I own both of these cameras (E-M1 mark I, Pen F + E-M5 II).

CAF on Pen F is close to useless. Contrast detection in a lower light is the slowest on Pen F but the difference is not huge.

Anyways if you need far superior AF in bad light rather get a Panasonic camera. GX8 AF speed and accuracy is amazing. By the way I'm waiting for GX9. This camera will become my main camera (and yes mainly for its superior AF accuracy compared to Olympus cameras but also for other features like their great implementation of touch AF).

Hello Dunsun,

All of the noise about Panasonic AF seems to be this DFD stuff. Is that in play when an Olympus lens is on, say, a G9?

Jim Pilcher
Summit County, Colorado, USA
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