I sense the comfort level rising. Pick a shot for your gallery, and give us
a link.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 10:19 AM
Subject: [OM] "Action" photography with the E-M5
> Until a couple days ago I hadn't shot anything with the E-M5 that I
> would describe as "action" photography unless we count walking as
> action. But this past Saturday night I went with some friends to the
> East Bay Raceway Park, a dirt track outside Tampa
> <http://www.eastbayracewaypark.com/>.
>
> I had been concerned about focus all night since our view from the
> stands was largely blocked by two high chain link fences designed to
> protect the spectators. I was sure the camera would happily focus on
> the fence rather than 50-100 yards behind it so had to locate some
> alternative focus points. Even with focus removed from the shutter
> button, trying to pre-focus using an alternative focus point was
> sometimes difficult.
>
> The first time I tried to follow a car into turns 3 and 4 I thought I
> had screwed up the focus since the image in the EVF was looking a bit
> blurry as I hit the shutter button. But to my pleasant surprise the
> resulting image was sharp on the LCD. It would appear that even when
> panning with the camera the EVF may not be fast enough to completely
> keep with the motion. But the camera is. Most of the shots are blah
> but technically OK. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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