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New Pen F thoughts

Started Dec 29, 2019 | Discussions thread
traveler_101 Senior Member • Posts: 2,203
Re: Pen F autofocus

James Pilcher wrote:

BluenoseNS wrote:

What autofocus problems are you having with the pen f?

CAF on my Pen F is awful; that is well-known in the Pen F community. I no longer attempt CAF with my Pen F. Additionally, my Pen F cannot reliably auto-focus with my 25mm f/1.2 Pro wide open in SAF; it's hit and miss. At f/2.4 and smaller all is good. By comparison, AF with the 25mm f/1.2 Pro wide open on my E-M1.2 using firmware 3.1 is dead-on accurate virtually every time.

These observations are made over MANY exposures over a long period of time.

Jim Pilcher
Summit County, Colorado, USA
Don't trust anyone under 9100 feet

Yeah, I just find the single AF sometimes misses - when it absolutely should not. I use single point focus and never had a problem on my E-P5. Haven't really explored whether that is relation to particular lenses or conditions. It is the one weakness of an otherwise great little camera.

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