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Shooting sports: PEN E-PM2 vs EM5ii/EM1

Started Feb 21, 2015 | Questions
Paulmorgan Veteran Member • Posts: 9,499
Re: Shooting sports: PEN E-PM2 vs EM5ii/EM1

Skeeterbytes wrote:

Nicholas Johnson wrote:

Paulmorgan wrote:

Nah get a lensbaby, they nail every shot

http://w2.sydsvenskan.se/bildspel/ldasmfriidrott/

Those photos agitate my GAS.

They're fabulous! And wow, you'd have to have really good field access to pull that off in addition to really good photographic chops. (Have attended the US Olympic Track and Field trials and there you can't get anywhere near the field without full press credentials.)

p.s. You could kinda, sorta do those with the diorama ART filter and WA lens, but probably not to that extent.

Cheers,

Rick

Its all about timing and field skill, there`s no such thing as CAF or predictive focus using lensbabys, all the skill is in following the action, feathering and timing.

Lisa O
Lisa O Senior Member • Posts: 2,567
Re: Shooting sports: PEN E-PM2 vs EM5ii/EM1

I had several early E-PL series and I never really trusted focus until I got the O-MD E-M5. I never had a PM model but I really appreciate the dials and buttons on the OM-D series. I can't imagine shooting much more than snapshots with a tiny body.

DonParrot wrote:

Lisa O wrote:

I had E-PM's (1, 2, maybe 3) back when they first came out, focus was never great. The focusing is much better on E-M1 and assume so for the very soon to be released E-M5 MkII.

Sorry, I have to strictly contradict, here. The PMs and PLs certainly had their weeknesses, but from PL3/PM1, their S-AF was just incredibly fast and precise.

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