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Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Started Feb 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Re: Don't discount the 20mm 1.7 yet...

Jacques Cornell wrote:

Raist3d wrote:

Ruairi wrote:

Raist3d wrote:

Ruairi wrote:

Give the 20mm f1.7 a try. It's the slowest of a very fast bunch, it works for me and could work for you too. Not sure how it compares to the slower focussing Fuji primes,

The Fuji slower focusing primes on the latest Fuji bodies focus faster than the 20mm F1.7 on any m43rds body (at least the XF1.4 and other F1.4 primes they have).

Does it? Did someone test that?

Well, my experience on an X-E3.

You said "...than the 20mm f1.7 on any m43rds body..." What m43rds bodies did you test?

EM5.3, PenF, EPL9, GM5, GX9.  The Olympus bodies compound the issue by having to half press first.

But I am ok with the 20mm F1.7 focusing speed myself personally for the most part, except that on all Olympus bodies I have tried (EM5 MKII, PenF, EPL9, OMD EM5.3) you have to half-press shutter first, wait for it to lock focus and then finish the shutter press unless you want to risk 30%-75% of shots' focus.

Sounds like you have 'release priority' active.

No, I don't.

If you turn that off (menu C1), the camera will confirm focus before making an exposure.

No, it does not with that Panasonic lens. Sometimes it does, and very often it won't. This is a documented issue with that lens. It doesn't happen on Panasonic cameras.

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