Continuous shooting with AF-Tracking on the E-M1
Video on top by our reader Knut: “The FourThirds lens 50-200 SWD could NOT keep up with 6.5fps – fastest was 4fps with AF-Tracking. Haven’t tested with all my lenses, but it seem to be similar with all the FourThirds lenses. Tested with firmware 1.0, but I don’t think there’s any improvements in the new firmware 1.1 (just updated).”
After the GM1 also the E-M1 made it into the list of the camera gear of the year at Dpreview:
Overall it just feels like a genuinely serious photographic tool, giving up nothing compared to high-end APS-C SLRs like the Nikon D7100 or Pentax K-3. Crucially, it’s simply a great camera to pick up and take out shooting.
CameraStuffReview tested the 12-40mm PRO zoom:
The Olympus 12-40 mm f/2.8 is such a good lens that shows that you can make professional-quality pictures with the micro-43 system. The sharpness starting at f/2.8 is already very high from center to the extreme corners. The bokeh is a little less woolly, but that’s to be weighed against a great insensitivity to flare, low chromatic aberration and high sharpness in the corners at full aperture. The high purchase price should not be a barrier for so much photo enjoyment.
E-M1 and 12-40mm Store Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
44 Responses
Awesome! Go m43.
Any continuous shooting test that fails to state the aperture in use is invalid.
No! GX7 is the camera of the year ;)!
Just joking, to each his own, but why not make a poll here, admin?
Great idea
Yup, great idea. How about:
1) Panasonic GX7
2) Olympus E-M1
3) Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
4) Panasonic GM1
They all have their special qualities!
So where are the FF idiots?
I have both the GX7 and E-M1, so I’m not just in m43 heaven, I’m in mirrorless heaven.
GX7 and E-M1. Gear collector. Money waster. Could have bought LX7 instead. Same IQ for less money. GX8 and GH4 coming next year. Better start saving up for them too. Collect them all. Save m43 from oblivion. Both Olympus and Panasonic are struggling for profits. Come on m43 flagwavers. Buy more m43. Keep m43 alive.
Whats your expert recommendation? The soft pixel a7? Or the watercolor effects fuji? Or is the d800 is the onlh way to go?
Apparently he’s busy making ovens to burn and exterminate all camera formats that are deemed inferior… don’t expect to hear a response to your query anytime soon.
If you are going to be in mirrorless heaven…I think that you need to as a Sony A7r to that cache! 🙂
I have an E-P5 and A7. I feel like I made the wiser choice!
I have an EP5 w/VF4 which I think is so good I decided to sell my E-M5 (right before the price drop…YAY!)and not bother with the M-1 (and all of the hype)….I think the M 1 is a great camera…but I see no reason to outlay that kind of coin when the E-P5 basically delivers the same IQ and has most of the specs assoc. with the M1. (Plus, I do not own any 4/3 glass).
How do you like your A7? I am keeping a watchful eye on that development and always considering re-evaluating my FF kit. The A7 and the A7r may well be the most interesting cameras of the year….especially at the price-points that they are being offered.
You obviously want trolls to come & take a jab at m43.. Enjoy your 2 new cameras & glad this news helps justify your choice!
The FF shooters are busy shooting.
and why do you think this is acceptable to state? Why is it ok for you to think that people who use a certain camera are idiots? If someone posted this on a full frame forum saying that m43 users were idiots it would be just as unacceptable and immature as it being stated here. You my friend are the idiot.
What does 6,5 fps mean? I thought 6,5 frames per second….But this all sounds more like 3 frames per second…So is that only with just one lens under some ideal conditions and is such a big difference acceptable?
What? The headline is absolutely untrue. The EM-1 was selected by one DPR staff member (Andy Westlake) as his favorite, and the article is part of an ongoing series by staff about their favorite new gear. Admin should issue a correction to avoid losing credibility.
+100
DPReview “included” the Olympus M1 in a list of MANY other cameras in it’s “Gear of the Year” articles.
DPReview did not award the Olympus E-M1 as “Camera of the Year”. It has not given that award to any camera…and…HEY…the year is not over yet…right?
The E-M1 is a great camera…but let’s get the facts straight.
That’s why I wrote -> After the GM1 also the E-M1 made it into the list of the camera gear of the year at Dpreview.
🙂
Nevertheless, the headline is very misleading.
VERY.
Spin for the sake of Hits, Huh Admin?
nope. And to prove it I changed the title so that everyone cans top being that meticulous 🙂
There is only ONE way to read the headline:
E-M1 camera of the tear at DPReview”????
I see that you came to your sense and changed the headline….good move! 🙂
Yep, I didn’t get it that it wasn’t 100% correct. Too tired I guess. 🙁
I thought that it might have been a language/grammar thing….but let’s keep your credibility in tact. :-0
– IS during continuous shooting on or off?
– Release priority for continuous shooting on or off?
– What aperture was used?
Without knowing those things such a test isn’t saying much.
What I did notice is that it also depends quite a bit on available light and contrast on the tracked subject if the e-m1 with 50-200 can keep up with continuous shooting + C-AF with tracking. I’ve seen it go anywere from 3 to 6fps depending on those and the 3 things mentioned above.
I must be doing something wrong. I just did a quick test with my 50-200 SWD and it was much faster than the sound of this. The 14-35 was even faster. So yes, knowing more about the settings and conditions would be important.
Hi!
I’ll check the settings later today, but I think IS was on, release priority off. The subject was well lit, and not moving.
If there’s some setting somewhere that may speed it up, that’d be great…
Would appreciate comments in youtube – so everyone can see it if the results in the video are wrong somehow.
Release priority on, ensure IS is off during continuous shooting, both should speed up the shooting rate, through the first does this possibly at the expense of focus accuracy.
well you have to learn to read…
it´s “DPReview Gear of the Year Part 3”
it´s not “camera of teh year”…. but no matter how bad mirrorless sales are you clowns live in a dreamworld….
Okey, you buy the best selling cam in the world, I’ll base my purchase on how wel it performs.
Who is doing so stellar in the camera world? Is that the deciding factor for buying a cam? The fact that there area million “me too” canikon Iidiots?
You people crack me up…m43s suck according to you, yet you come here everey day, check for new posts, create profiles and post on the comment sections. Its like going to justin bieber concerts just to say how bad they are. Say what you want but guess what? If youre there, Youre a bieber fan…
I owns a FF Canon, but I mostly shoot M43, so I don’t speak for the FF massive. I don’t think M43 sucks, but let’s be honest here, Image Quality of the best MFT cannot beat a FF camera. It just won’t ever happen.
But there are pluses to M43 like camera and lens size. That is why I mostly shoot with M43, the fact that I have it with me all of the time!
If and When M43 goes back to larger lenses and bodies, I will go the Fuji route or the Canon Mirrorless route, because I know a serious Mirrorless camera from them is coming. I believe Mirrorless is the way to go and the only way I see M43 surviving, is to stay smaller than everyone else. The 43 sensor can only get so better each iteration, so what other advantage does M43 have anyways?
M43 does not want Canon or Nikon to take Mirrorless seriously. That will spell doom if they really do.
Not at all: it means something clearly superior has come. I am not married to m43s so I ‘ll happily jump ship if that happens and it delivers something I really need.
Shouldn’t you be out shopping for a new SUV to haul your camera kit around? You know… that big, heavy kit that never gets used because you’re too busy trolling 43rumors in a jealous fit of rage? Off you go… run along now!!
No, he has already traded in the SUV for a truck. He was busy trying to trade in the truck for a lorry, but the municipality din not allow him to park the lorry in his driveway, so he is stuck with the truck and the gear, which is still in crates, so he has plenty of free time for trolling.
Damn! Right on, bro! Anyone who doesn’t subscribe to the m43 doctrine drives a monster SUV or freight truck, belongs to the gun lobby, votes for the far right party, weighs 400 pounds and lives in a ten storey mansion! Good thing m43 cameras and lenses are all small like IXUS. m43 is where the smart money is. Go m43.
I will give a pass to commenting on the politics of each and every passionate defender of the “bigger is better” doctrine; but I do feel that, if you plan to carry all your FF gear with you, you definitely need to pack it in crates and travel with a lorry. For me, even the EM1 is too big: it’s the same size and weight with a Nikon F3, remember – and no one had ever called that camera small.
It says a lot when the editor of a photo magazine chooses micro four thirds as his personal gear. Not too long ago, DP review used to diss Olympus.
I agree with DPreview – the E-M1 is just the perfect camera out there. I was holding my E-5 with grip the other day and just thought how much Olympus has developed. Together with the 75mm, the 75-300mm, and the 12-40mm it all fits in a small bag. How far photography has come since film days.
I wish autofocus with the 4/3 lenses would be better though, but that’s the only small concern I’d have.
Had to laugh reading the comments. A couple of years back people here were complaining that DPReview was biased against m43 in favour of APSC. Now a Canikon user is complaining DPReview is biased against FF in favour of m43. I admit to being surprised at how quickly DXO put out their review on the E-M1 compared to the months it took for it to come out for the E-M5. Times are sure changing. I am glad I didn’t jump ship as I was intending to, even though the reality is the same, I sold all my 43 gear.
43 users are losers
Interesting. Two out of three personal favorites of DPReviewers are µ43rds cameras, another one is the X100S. And that’s from gearheads who test everything from point & shoots to the latest and greatest “full frame” models. Will be interesting to see if one of them will prefer anything bigger, or something from the A7 family…
small sensor fanboy