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Panasonic body, Olympus 4/3 lenses best options? G85 any good?

Started Mar 3, 2018 | Discussions thread
dougjgreen1 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,068
EM1 works fine with the 4/3 CDAF lenses
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Holistic Photog wrote:

Gooutside wrote:

Well just got back from the store and had a chance to try the 11-22 and 50mm macro on a G85 and it performs about the same as my G6..so not much point in upgrading to that camera (AF speed wise). That said it sure is a lovely handling camera. Can certainly see why people here like it so much.

Might just have to grab a em-1 for those times I need better than glacial af speed.

The E-M1's PDAF will work better with PDAF only lenses. I'm not so sure it will work as well with CDAF capable FT lenses. The G85 is a better focusing camera than the E-M1 with native MFT lenses, so it might work better with CDAF FT lenses.

Just a thought. I can't say for certain.

The E-M1 version 1 works just fine with the CDAF-enabled lenses, I regularly use it with the 14-54 mk II, the 9-18, and the 70-300.  In fact, it focuses them faster than the bodies that ONLY focus with CDAF lenses, so I suspect the EM1 is simultaneously using both mechanisms, PDAF for course movements and CDAF for fine adjustments.

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