Pen F users - some quick questions...

acfo wrote:

Raist3d wrote:

acfo wrote:

Raist3d wrote:

MEDISN wrote:

But contradicts what this user is actually showing frame-by-frame. Why are you so concerned with what some reviewer said? Does the reviewer shoot with your hands or do you?

Oh, I am only bringing reviewers as an objective "not someone over the net" source.

I do BIFs with the Pen-F in C-AF mode (examples here https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/62619969 ) .

I would have to see how the birds were moving in those samples. I notice you can track mainly when the objects are moving more or less in the same focal plane like panning.

For BIFs I use C-AF not C-AF+tracking. My impression is that tracking is more appropriate for people than crazy fast birds in flight.

C-AF is what I have tried for moving objects the most. Tracking works for me usually when taking a single shot and a particular subject has moved.  But not as in combination with C-AF proper.

There is no technical reason why the Pen F should be noticeably better or worse than any other Olympus body with the same generation imaging engine and cdaf sensor. Comparing the Pen-Fs C-AF with my daughters EM10 Mark II, I see no difference.

There is. The 20 MP sensor has more data to parse through than an EM5 Mii for example. This difference can affect the performance. If you check out imaging resource low light AF for the GX9 which uses pretty much the same sensor, you see its ability to focus in lower light is less than the 16 MP sensor. The straightforward conclusion is that it has more noise in the dark because of the sensor density (and the fact it's not a BSI to counter that).

My emphasis is on noticeably. To me it seems the EM10 is just as good as the Pen-F. I have to admit though, that I cannot tell what body or lens a picture has been taken with without looking at the exif data.

I mostly use C-AF for bird photography with the Oly 75-300mm. This is not a fast lens and to be able to shoot at f8 1/2000s I often have to crank up the ISO quite a bit. Therefor I cannot really comment on low light performance because I need a sunny day for birding.

Well definitively shooting at F8 leaves a bit more leeway as you increase the DOF "bubble" from the point of focus. But then you are also using a zoom which is tougher.

I'll give a quick try tomorrow to the L setting just to examine further if I notice a difference between that and the H, but I believe I had already tried this. But you got me a notch curious.

Sequential L in anti shock mode (diamond symbol) is supposed to be the best setting for C-AF on Olympus bodies.

In sequential H mode auto focus will only work for the first image. All following images are locked to the same focal plane as the first image.

Do give it a try, I'd be interested in your results.

Well Have tried it before and didn't find the C-AF all that hot, but will give it a 2nd pass to make triple sure shooting on L.  AFAIK on PDAF enabled Olympus bodies H mode works some, but PenF as we know is not PDAF.  Anyhow will check quick tomorrow. I'll use cars in an area where they aren't going at highway speeds and see how it goes.

Thanks again.