Pentax K-3 weatherproof HDSLR with 4K HDR Interval Movie Mode

Hard for me to get excited about a DSLR these days that is pretty much just the same old thing we've been seeing for years. While it's nice to see weather sealing and a headphone and mic jack, the lack of a flip out screen kills it for me. Nor does it offer anything exciting in the video realm. No better codec or raw mode. No 60p mode. No 4k 24p recording. No 13+ stop dynamic range video recording. No global shutter.

While it would be great to get all those things in a single DSLR form factor, just one of them alone would have made this camera a little more exciting.
The 4K timelapse mode is cool. But nothing you can't already do with other cameras in post.

I guess if you have Pentax glass, it would be worth looking into, but I 'm not seeing anything that is really getting my attention. Just seems like another "me too" DSLR. Unless I've missed something.
 
That HDR thing only works when shooting timelapse. I'd be a lot more excited about a log image mode that uses the full DR of that sensor when shooting video. But that also requires a better codec, and if you want it to shine it has to be RAW or at least 10-bit.
 
I guess if you wanted to shoot the maximum 4K HDR movie interval timelapse you could shoot for 99 hours @ one frame every 2 seconds that will amount to 178,200 frames that would give you a 49min 30 sec 4K HDR timelapse @60FPS. On second thought , forget about the max 99 hour HDR timelapse @ one frame every 2 seconds since each HDR frame is a three shot HDR JPEG and the K-3 is only rated for 200,000 shutter releases ;)
 
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Well then guys, continue to shoot HDR timelapse video and do it manually then. Why not appreciate progress in cameras even if it's not for you? Easier to say, "Cool feature, but I just haven't the need for it" than say "This is stupid. I need 18K raw video or nothing"!

I remember the days of setting up my camera that people would call an accordion (8x10 and 4x5 view cameras). I'm blown away at all of the technical progress these cameras have today and invite each and every one of them. Keep in mind that it's YOU that takes a picture. Cameras are just the tool. The cameras have so many tools today built in that if you find problems with them, look at yourself first....
 
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