Three minutes, two girls and some cars

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2013-11-03 | Camberley says

I presume they are girls this time. With you I can never be sure.

2013-11-03 | Spike says

I didn’t ask; they looked very convincing.

2013-11-03 | Pete says

I wouldn’t be too sure about the cars either; one of them looks suspiciously like a pick-em-up that’s had half the operation.

2013-11-03 | Clive says

I guess the real question, though, is how you’re finding the camera when it comes to sports shooting. In an earlier post you suggested that the EM-1 is still probably one release short of where you see a good M43 sports camera getting to… It’s not clear what lens you used for these shots, but I hope it’s not too unkind to say that they lack the precision of your 1D/300mm combination. But do you see a possible return to a recursive funding of your habit in the foreseeable future?

2013-11-04 | Spike says

I used the 12-40mm, the 75mm and the 100-300mm. The first two of these produce gorgeous images and the third is not too shabby. It’s fair to say that these shots do not represent what the lenses are capable of with static subjects. Part of it may be technique, panning with a mirrorless is quite different from a flapping mirror camera. I think the other problem may relate to the image stabilisation. There is a setting for sideways panning; but I think the 5 axis thingie in the Olympus, whilst amazing for still images, may well be getting itself confused with a rapidly moving camera. Indeed I have some head on shots of the cars which are tack sharp; it only goes off a bit when the camera is moving rapidly. Next time I will try turning off the IS. Still, this is not marketed as a sports camera and it certainly isn’t one. I certainly could not rely on it for a paying job. But you can take it along to an event and know you will come home with something; which is more than you could say with the E-M5.