New Forum Possible - Pentax K7

Good news...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15712448/K7-Brochure-Copy

On page three of the brochure, linked from Ned Bunnel, Pentax Pres' blog, it states you can use the autofocus button for movies...so some control there!....I'm assuming it's mainly manual focus with an auto button when pressed down, which is just fine for me as I do manual focus all the time and really don't like/trust leaving it on auto focus.

EDIT:

Damn, no shutter or ISO control for video...buzzkill...epic buzzkill.

Apparently the shutter is open for the whole video recording process and it just scans the video frame by frame, hence no shutter speed control. But I may still be interested if that scan rate is constant and in a respectable range. Auto ISO, while a minor nuissance, I can handle. It does allow you to change the exposure value in addition to aperture.

A nice thing I found out is it's data rate is the best of all the hybrids - 74mbs and adjustable to suit your memory needs.
 
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Psynema said:
Damn, no shutter or ISO control for video...buzzkill...epic buzzkill.
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Wow. If that is truly the case, that is really going to be crappy. So it's just an auto image? I would like to have lots of control over the image. But for budget reasons, I will probably just end up going with this camera. Lenses-a-plenty available for it. Cheaper. And the reality of someone hiring me for having a Canon 5D is probably pretty slim for the type of work that I do. I think the Pentax will be fine, and if I ever need to do any "real work" in the future, I'm sure there will be an upgraded version out that will blow the 5D away.
 
Yes, disappointing, but the AE-L button will lock shutter/iso for video mode, so that at least is good. You only get to set aperture and exposure value.

And I've seen impressive shots made with it...who knows...but damn would this thing be "the" package with shutter/iso control and I hope there's some form of firmware update to make it happen.

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFd8pCmT-4"

Some shots in this, the CUs really, look VERY impressive...

camera was released yesterday in Japan and ships Monday in North America.
 
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