Meet the new kid on the block- Pentax K-7

Pentax's press release says:
"The K-7 will capture video at the default standard of 1280x720 resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio (equivalent to 720p), 1536x1024 resolution with a 3:2 aspect ratio, or 640x416 resolution with a 3:2 aspect ratio (equivalent to VGA quality), all shot at 30 frames per second."

Disappointed that there's no 24p, but this is looking like an interesting camera. Perhaps Pentax will be more receptive to the idea of adding 24fps than Canon has been.
 
GregGory said:
Sounds interesting, considering a similar system in the Oly E3 overheats in seconds... hence works only for a short preview. I think Pentax/Samsung use an electromagnetic setup, so the friction should be lower, but I'd still like to see it before I believe it. BUT if it works, it would be fantastic, IS on every legacy Pentax lens!
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I think there are problems with sensor shift IS in video mode even with many small sensor digicams. It would be great if they get it working so you get IS with every lens.
 
I actually like the prospect of "1K" mode. A 3:2 crop sounds neat to play with.

And 30P isn't bad. Right now every single one of these cameras have workarounds. The GH-1 is the closest to being studio ready but, oddly enough, is missing ONE integral part: live video out during recording in ANY form or fashion.

Odd.

I welcome competition. This probably belongs in another forum, though.

Next up: Samsung NX! Dunno why but I have a good feeling about that one.
 
Yeah, the next year or two I can see a lot of people investing in lenses and just buying replacement camera bodies as the tech catches up with our expectations and "needs."
 
Speaking of lenses, I think lens adaptation for the pentax will be difficult because of it's longer flange focal distance. I forget what it is exactly. Anyone have the specifics "mm"?

Isaac, you're very correct. I am saving up for Red Pro Primes or the Illumina T1.3 set, the body for me is an after thought.
 
No PAL again, I suppose?

dadoboy

You can attach M42 screwmount lenses via adapter. Maybe some MF optics, too.
 
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For those who really care about Live HDMI

An HDMI port with selectable output resolution (1080i, 720p, 480p, and auto) offers high resolution playback of images and video on modern high definition TV’s
 
Emanuel said:
This is just a fallacy. I've been around using a 5D Mark II without any flickering hassles at all. The key is all about shutter.
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You mean the shutter that nobody has mentioned that there's control over on the Pentax and that has to be tricked into a correct setting on the Canon? I know that the 5D can produce a flicker free clip in 50Hz lights but it's all too easy get it wrong, especially out in the field trying to work quickly on non-repeatable shots. I've seen enough flickering takes from the 5D to know it's no fallacy.

For my money I prefer buying a native 25/50 fps camera. And I certainly want to reward a company that chooses to make a PAL version by purchasing their gear over the competition that opts to ignore PAL. I do hope that one beautiful day Canon will get out a firmware update with full manual and 25 fps but until then I plan to buy the GH-1 (and probably will anyway), this new Pentax doesn't not change that. But to each his own.
 
I am so afraid of buying the GH1 and then a couple months later finding out that the NX is better and/or cheaper...
 
Nothing to really worry about. This is a different market than Prosumer Video by far.

There are MILLIONS of people to offload gear too that will be looking for a GH-1 second hand.

If the NUX is a nice camera I'll have to scoop one up and try, but it's not the kind of expense I'll cry abotu later unlike trying to pick up an HPX or EX-1.

At these prices it's easy to buy and try, man.

I think Samsung's gonna drop a good one, though. Should be able to adapt just as many lenses to it as the GH-1 which is already awesome.
 
Yes the thing is they ve been quite silent lately. This might mean they are about to announce something great or that they are far from it...

Don't know... I will decide once the GH1 becomes available in the UK.
 
I'll tell you from very recent experiences: while for personal use you can do with what you will. If these things are going into a proffessional environment, here's the make or break list:

1) LIVE VIEWING -- DOesn't matter if it's uncompressed or HD or whatever. JUST needs to be able to be viewed WHILE recording. Even a little Kodak Vi6 720P Pocket camera can do this out of a component cable WHILE recording the 720/60P.

In fact, it SHOULD be component so that it's easier to feed to professional monitors. It's much easier to snap on some SDI converters than it is to downconvert or split a damned HDMI signal.

2) 24P. I know, you can convert. But, look, I could ALSO flip my footage in post when I used adapters that flipped. Clients do not want that. I'm already pretty scared of giving them footage you have to do a pulldown on but because it looks so nice from this camera (and yeah, they were warned about the compression) it's worth it for them.

24P, 30P, 60P = Dream VDSLR

3) MANUAL CONTROLS - Again, do what you have to do to make it work. But in an evironment that DEMANDS repeatable results this is unquestionably important. Everyone can argue "well I can do it, just takes patience" all they want, but I bet I see those same people pining for Canon to release their Manual Controls. Patience is rarely a virtue a set enjoys. Manual Controls down to the T.

The GH-1 nails this perfectly.

The rest is just Cake Icing. If you get live video out you don't need an articulating LCD, you can just use monitors, so no big deal.

And on and on and so forth.
 
Kholi said:
If you get live video out you don't need an articulating LCD, you can just use monitors, so no big deal.
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Oh man, you did not just say that. That little articulating LCD will be gold for run n' gun stuff where you can't plug a field monitor in. Both would be sweet!

The only reason why I have my old Sony DSC-R1 digital still cam is because of it's little flip articulating LCD, I can hold it waste level and see the shot in the lcd. I'll lay it on the ground and get shots pointing up that you can't get without the flip lcd.
 
Indeed! Both WOULD be sweet. Actually I really do take that back though. LOL

I kept having to crane my head with the MKii today, and I've gotten so used or RE-accustomed to the idea of a proper sort of LCD that I went to grab the MKii LCD to flip it out...

Wouldn't you know? It didn't work...
 
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