Chuck,
I usually shoot as you do, with focus on the AEL button. I have another
bunch of settings saved for continuous autofocus and I found that it worked
well enough to track soccer once I had moved to the E-3. With the E-1 I
was better off manually focusing either the DZ 50-200 or Tammy 80-200/2.8
with adapter. It seems like the kind of thing David was shooting is SLR
territory -- no intermediary between the photons and the eye! But I am
certainly no expert, and I expect Oly will get there with the OM-D line,
since it is the only major complaint I have heard about the camera.
Joel W.
P.S. Donald -- I'm subscribed under a new email account. Are you seeing
this?
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Usually what I'm trying to shoot is pretty stationary. The exceptions
> are trying to shoot one of the grandkid's soccer or baseball games.
> Especially baseball. I'm near first base, the grandkid has just hit the
> ball and is proceeding to first base at a rapid clip. Focus distance is
> already close and closing very fast. The only way I've ever been
> successful at that is to pre-focus near the base and wait for the kid to
> enter the zone.
>
> If I try to use continuous autofocus it never seems to work. I think it
> fails because I suspect I'm not keeping the focus point continuously on
> the kid. Or it may be that my old, film era Tamron and Tokina EF mount
> lenses aren't fast enough (I don't own any Canon or other lenses with
> ultrasonic focus motors). Or, maybe a combination of both factors.
>
> But it has never been enough of a problem to get me to spring for more
> expensive USM lenses. A friend recently offered me his very good
> condition Canon 70-200/4 IS for $900. Probably a good price but I
> decided not to. That was already half way to the price of the E-M5 and
> two lenses I just bought. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 1/27/2013 10:56 PM, Moose wrote:
> >> >I'm not much of an action shooter. I've never been able to get my
> Canon
> >> >5D to track well at even shorter focal lengths and larger apertures.
>
> > I wouldn't know!:-) I ran 3200 shots with the 5D, and I can't off hand
> think of any of fast moving targets requiring
> > tracking.
> >
> > Untraceable Moose
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