bobbytan wrote:
Frankly I haven't either but it just makes more sense to me, as usually for action/motion your shutter speed is more important and IS doesn't really help - if anything, it will just slow down the AF.
So I have no idea what happened as I didn't make any changes but the lens suddenly seems much more consistent in terms of AF. Maybe lens motors needed some breaking in since it was a brand new lens.
Birdie - I think you should speak with Olympus Tech Support (888) 553-4448. They can be very helpful. Who knows - maybe your E-M1.2 is not working as it's supposed to - so you may have to ship the camera to them so they can check and recalibrate your camera ... or send you a new one.
Bob you are correct , the out of focus shots , the entire thing is out of focus.
As to the shutter speed, normally shot higher, but lots of shade as it was starting to rain. In addition, it happened on shots where they are perched on a branch as well. I even has a couple of some flowers that did the same thing.
I called Olympus support. What a pleasant experience compared to Nikon! They had me do full reset . Said something about the latest update may have done something to a focus shift feature. Going to play with it and see if it happens again once it stops raining.
Yes, Olympus Tech Support is pretty good. Most of them are patient and helpful. Gary Davidson calls them quite a lot - anytime he has a problem, no matter how small. Hope the reset works. Please keep us posted.
birdied wrote:
Thanks Bobby, Tony and Bob.
Bob you are correct , the out of focus shots , the entire thing is out of focus.
As to the shutter speed, normally shot higher, but lots of shade as it was starting to rain. In addition, it happened on shots where they are perched on a branch as well. I even has a couple of some flowers that did the same thing.
I called Olympus support. What a pleasant experience compared to Nikon! They had me do full reset . Said something about the latest update may have done something to a focus shift feature. Going to play with it and see if it happens again once it stops raining.
I just recalled that I have 60 days to return with the Adorama VIP, so it's going back for exchange. Don't want to mess around another few days then I am past the 60 day return period.
Fingers crossed that the new one does not have any issues
bobbytan wrote:
Best thing to do, under these circumstances, is to zoom in and focus on the eye/head manually. You can simplify the process by allocating the magnify button (5x magnification is probably best) to one of your function buttons. The focus clutch on the PRO lenses is really useful for switching from AF to MF but you don't have this on the 60 macro and PL 100-400.
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Um, focusing on a teeny hummingbird's even teenier eye is not so easy, even when zooming in. Zoom out and its gone.
birdied wrote:
I just recalled that I have 60 days to return with the Adorama VIP, so it's going back for exchange. Don't want to mess around another few days then I am past the 60 day return period.
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So will Adorama then return the camera to Olympus which then refurbishes it and sell it as "refurbished"? People waiting in the wings.
I don't know what Adorama will do. I advised them when I called that something was wrong, that I had spoken to Olympus about it as well. I also checked off "defective " as the reason for return on the paperwork.
Pretty good article... gave it a quick read. He mentions that Camera Raw (and Lightroom) don't handle the Olympus files well. I hadn't read that before, and it was my single greatest disappointment with Fuji. The simple fact is I don't want to invest in and learn a different raw processor, especially since Lightroom is so good for my Canon stuff. I'm curious what others' experience has been with Camera Raw.
I'm looking at the Olympus for a fall trip to Cuba but haven't made a decision yet. I have a full Canon kit (too heavy) and a Sony A7RII but want to pack very light. The Sony is light, but the good lenses are not. I'm trying to figure out if I would be happy with only the 12-100 f/4 and the 25mm f/1.2. My main subject will be people, with cityscapes and cars thrown in for good measure. More than anything, I want to be sure the people pictures will look great, even in low light.
I tried the 12-100 and found it just a bit too big for a walk around type lens, I far preferred the 12-40/2.8 as a more reasonable size.
I like it paired with a 75/1.8, which is a pretty small lens, and that gives great speed/reach.
Again,not to knock the 12-100, but really 75mm, or even 100mm at f4, just doesn't give that much subject isolation, its equiv to f8 on a FF camera after all, and how often does one really shot a 70-200 type zoom stopped down like that ? I know I hardly did, usually preferring it more wide open for subject isolation.
The 75/1.8 obviously won't match a 70-200 on your Canon system, but its so much smaller/lighter, and gives a fair about of isolation, with great optics to boot. I think its the crown jewel of m4/3 glass
I think a 12-40, 25/1.2 and a 75/1.8 would be a near ideal travel kit covering landscapes, portraits, you name it really. The 12-100 covers that whole range with a single lens, which has its benefit, but again..... how does it render an image at 25mm f4 vs how does the 25mm f1.2 look at f1.2 Maybe some people don't like that type of look, but I personally am a big fan, and I like buying expensive fast glass and shooting it near exclusively wide open lol. If your mainly into doing portraits I'm sure your of a similar mindset.
One nice perk of the EM1.2 of course is the IBIS which on the wide end can let you get away with 1-2 second exposures handheld. Saving a tripod in the checked luggage is a HUGE benefit for travel.
Also don't discount the high rez mode. Doesn't work in a lot of situations that well, but for a scene such as a cityscape without things to blow in the wind like trees, it can give you some very nice resolution, approaching that of the A7rII. Again, doesn't work for everything, but it can allow the camera to punch well above its weight under the right conditions.
12-100 is good for travel, landscapes and as one lens solution. It gives so much compositional freedom being a zoom.
With sync IBIS, it's great for low light.
12-40 isn't really fast. 2.8 only for someone who enjoys wide open stuff.
. Going to play with it and see if it happens again once it stops raining.