E-M5III quick question

photofan1986 wrote:

Hello,

I recently got back into Olympus with the E-M5III as a long term Panasonic user (Gm1, Gx7, Gx80, G80, G9 and Gx9). I used to own the first E-M5 and then the E-M1.1, but I replaced those with Panasonic cameras as I usually prefer their ergonomics, and now I'd say their jpegs.

Anyway, I have a question regarding the AF target pad. Is it just me or is it extremely slow to react, laggy and not accurate, so much so that it is basically unusable?
On the Panasonic cameras, the function is just about perfect (more so on older bodies like the GX80 and G80 weirdly). And even on the Sony A7III, it's usable. Not so on the Olympus. I almost wonder if there isn't an issue with the function, but that doesn't seem very plausible as the touch screen works normally and is quick and smooth to select the focus point when shooting through the screen.

Any help would be appreciated

I've got a lot of experience with using the trackpad with the E-M1ii for wildlife photography since I'm very left-eye dominant and I hate using the 4-way buttons (I always manage to hit the wrong one), and I find moving the focus point with the dials is also clunky.

So, I'd say it was reasonably reliable and responsive on that body, with 2 issues - occasionally it would 'invert' so for example you suddenly needed to move top left to move the point bottom right (!!!!: this continued through several firmware updates), and it was a right pain with the 300 f4 since you had to hold the camera just with the right hand while moving the focus point with the left thumb. As a result I upgraded one of my 1ii bodies to a 1iii, and the joystick is the perfect solution.

Now, I've just sold my second 1ii body for a 5iii (for low-impact street photography, since I'm not going to be doing any safari game drive shooting for a while...) and I've just tried the trackpad on the 5iii. It seems fine, although during a few minutes use it did once get stuck at the bottom of the screen for a few moments.

Odd.