lescrane

I wish Panasonic would publish a revised, comprehensive focus setting guide. it seems as if everyone has a different take on exactly how the 2 bird,animal focus settings work. I myself struggle to ...

some people express themselves metaphorically or hyperbolically. Some people take everything literally and pick things apart. That's 1 reason for communications issues in relationships and ...

I think what the statement means is: you can have the most beautiful subject but if the background stinks  you have nothing.  That's photography 101

How do you set "multi area" and "animal detection"?  I am in continuous af mode, and then choose "animal detection" on far left....then I get the  rectangles that focus on the animal.  Not sure ...

I think I know where my confusion lies. if I leave finger off all buttons but move the camera, say to recompose, box\focus remains locked on the bird....... but if I want the focus to track bird ...

I use afc and bbf if I set the focus mode on animal bird, it seems like once the subject is in the rectangle I don't have to keep my finger on the focusing button at all, is that correct?  The ...

Installation no problem!  will hope for miracles tomorrow with BIFS. LC

Thank you everybody for the "illuminating" discussion.  I will try various settings in the field and see what works.  I definitely was slowing down my responsiveness with my settings. I never tried ...

viewfinder auto switching has always been my default setting, I wear eyeglasses, primarily shooting birds.  I also use auto power off with a long time out setting. I am losing a lot of shots when ...

I don't have scientific study but in real world, PL beats Oly on Panasonic g9.  Maybe it's the IS, maybe focusing rather than optics? staying w good copy of PL, sold oly

the G 9 is a great camera to use, except for C-AF, Bifs etc but you don't seem to care. I would not bet on the new firmware to fix that, I remember all the hype about animal focus when it came out ...

The answer is YES...we do need buttons and dials if we are doing photography which requires lot's of changes on the fly without removing your eyes from a viewfinder. I shoot birds and wildlife...

It may be the greatest lens of all time but if you aren't physically able to handle it, what good is it?? Like you, I switched to M43 for size and weight.(62y.o w/multiple disk problems).  If ...

We don't have any of those... birds here in the USA. They are nice to look at.

Does anyone know how "one push AE" works? I assigned it to a button, pushed, and the exp locked, and I can't get it off...  I  am at f4 1/60 no matter what. How do I cancel this? (am in A mode) tx

Absolutely!.  The zoom lock switch on my first copy never seemed to go completely to off position even if I turned it to extreme.  It never seemed precise. FYI, I never needed this switch anyway, ...

I own an early copy, bought 8/2016. The zoom started out very stiff. Contrary to some other poster's experience, mine only got worse with use, not better.  It's become unusable. My other issues, ...

Thanks for the post. Can you explain what setting "Wide Auto focus mode" is? thank you

a timely thread.  I've head my PL 100-400 for 4 years.  Use it 4 days out of 5. The size and weight are perfect.  Optics fine.  Mechanical performance and design.  terrible.  The infamous really ...

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