K-5 Liveview focus looks impressive

Apologies if this has been posted already...

This video of the K-5 performing AF in liveview is very impressive. Ok, granted here's lots of light on the subject, but the extremely adjustable af target point & speed of the contrst detect system is very promising indeed.

LINK

As an afterthought, if this AF system is useable in lower light conditions then Pentax would do well to get into bed with a leading EVF manufacturer & get a mirrorless K-mount system to market a.s.a.p.

An even smaller system coupled to the da ltd's would be an attractive proposition to everyone, not just existing K-mount users.

I'm not suggesting Pentax go mirrorless completely as Oly are threatening to do, but getting a mirrorless system to market now whilst many are still on the fence over current options could prove profitable if the performance & ergonomics are spot-on.

As I said on another thread where the video is posted, they are shooting at f2.8 so I would guess they are using a prime lens. The DA 40mm is probably the fastest focusing lens on the Pentax system and if everything were that speedy I wouldn't have a complaint about the AF system in the first place.

So if they are using the 40mm then yes it's fast but if they are using something like the DA* 55mm f1.4 then it's VERY impressive.