@the black fox, you obviously have amazing skills to capture birds with manual focus. I take on board your tips re infinity, I will have a go! You haven't shared your settings, but the light looks good in all your images - do you usually shoot as wide an aperture as you can? I ask because the op was concerned re noise on MFT.
I think I need all the help I can get with autofocus
I do use manual lenses but not for action. I think a dog running along a beach would be difficult, especially as I find they usually run towards me
I guess you would have to pre-focus?
Can I ask more about your adapter? When I looked into getting one that enabled me to use my Canon lenses on my MFT I found them rather expensive, but perhaps I was looking for the wrong item or in the wrong place. Could you tell me more please? Apologies
@Damo1 if this is slightly off topic, though hopefully may be relevant to you too.