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Live view autofocus on Pentax cameras

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Re: Maybe Catch In focus

KPM2 wrote:

Hello JeremieB

JeremieB wrote:

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Yes it works very well, I used it with the old M* 300mm lens and I had good success rate with seagulls in flight so not bad Not as good as with AF lens but clearly much better than in pure MF.

Thank you for this info !

best regards KPM2

Thanks so much for this tip. When I was looking into the fantastic focus gimmickry on the Panasonic S1 family (pre-focus, etc) I wondered why this feature had not been implemented. I have the following questions:

My understanding is that this functionality is restricted to the viewfinder because it relies on PDAF and that functionality exists only in the viewfinder for most Pentax cameras. Since the K70 allows PDAF on the LCD, does catch in focus working live view on the K70?

The K3 iii is rather pricey - which sub 1000 Pentax cameras would have the best catch in focus implementation?

Does catch in focus work in burst mode?

Thanks very much.

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