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takomaru wrote:
Just back from the mountains when just opened and saw this post, so thanks TakenWild for bringing this up. Myself, also a Sony shooter, but love the EM1 II functionality, hi res and other terrific in camera options nobody else seems to offer. Was expecting a new GH5 as announced in m43 Rumors, more biased towards photo as I don't do video, but this is a nice surprise, 80 Mp high res shooting and stitching, don't know if on the fly as the Oly does not work that way. I have zero experience with Panasonic and Lumix cameras, but this sounds like a nice addition to m43, and it's good to see development. I have no idea how AF is, from commentaries and GH5 reviews I know it's a terrific platform even when compared to expensive RED; how is AF? As it is not very fast in my EM1 II in events, but I'm shooting mostly semi static, with action I'd have issues.
Bobbytan, terrific shots, you make that that 8-18 Pana shine and a lot smaller than the Oly 7-14, great sunburst will have to take a closer look as it's easier on filters also....Show more →
I have the GH5 home for testing, will return it soon I think but it depends on the G9 as well.
First, the AF in general is blazing fast, it makes my E-M1 feel like a much slower camera in many instances. The few times the GH5 misses focus and hunts, it hunts WAY faster then the E-M1 and usually finds something to lock on to the second time, this is much much faster then my E-M1.
Second, it focuses better in low light. The camera feels very snappy all together and I am very impressed. I have to send it back next week unless I wanna keep it but I am waiting for the G9 specs and what camera body it will use.
I have some issues with the 225 point AF for stills though, I am thinking it might be I who don't know how Panasonic AF system works but this is the issue, and I will make a post about it on FM and ask. It might also be a faulty unit.
If I choose single point focus in the 225 point mode, meaning I choose, for example the centre point to focus with rather then one of the many different multi point choices that centre point seems to read several points outside that actual point. If I aim the point at a persons eye it's fine for the most part. But if that person looks down, just slightly, the camera focus on the background, it seems as if though it chooses a point to the left of the one I chose. I noticed it several times for different subjects (our cat, focused on head but got the background) as well as some much bigger things where it instead chose the foreground.
If I change to single point AF mode (it works a bitt different from Olympus with all the modes) I get what I aim for but that mode is more similar to Olympuses zoomed in mode where you can set the AF point where ever you want and it also focuses slightly slower, not to mention if I wanna change the AF points position it takes much loner to move across the frame.
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