Pentax K-7 first footage

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stip

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First footage of K-7, 720p mode @ beta firmware, provided by Ned Bunnell, president of Pentax Imaging USA

http://vimeo.com/4924324


or check Ned's Blog

http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/


The sample on vimeo can be downloaded (2:17 min / 160 MB, h.264)

The original K-7 MJPEG source footage of this sample should be around 1 GB






EDIT:

Finally, an official sample movie from Pentax Imaging:


http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-7/








Also note the in-camera stabilisation working at the 200mm handheld shot
 
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stip said:
First footage of K-7, 720p mode @ beta firmware, provided by Ned Bunnell, president of Pentax Imaging USA

http://vimeo.com/4924324


or check Ned's Blog

http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/


The sample on vimeo can be downloaded (2:17 min / 160 MB, h.264)

The original K-7 MJPEG source footage of this sample should be around 1 GB



Also note the in-camera stabilisation working at the 200mm handheld shot
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Well if the chart is correct, that gives a 73Mbit/s M-JPEG bitrate on the highest setting. Should look pretty pretty pretty pretty good.
 
anyone know about shutter speed control for shooting, I know you can set the aperture before but haven't seen anything about shutter speed.
 
hish said:
Well if the chart is correct, that gives a 73Mbit/s M-JPEG bitrate on the highest setting. Should look pretty pretty pretty pretty good.
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Yes, K-7 at best settings is supposed to have 74Mbit/s @ 1024p (3:2)

5dMKII has a max of 40 Mbit/s I think?

Shutter control details or any clear specs about manual ISO controls aren't released by now (at least I didn't find any yet), I guess Pentax won't publish anything here until they're close to finishing firmware. Facts are manual aperture control and autofocus during movie mode, exposure lock, LV out via HDMI, shake reduction during movie mode
 
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Looks pretty clean for the most part. Candle footage is a bit noisy. Why is this posted in the GH1 forum? :-P
 
mjpeg is less than half as efficient as H.264 as it's compressing each frame individually so the compression should be about on par with the MKII and better than the GH1. There is no mention of manual shutter and ISO control in the preliminary specs but hopefully pentax will update the firmware before it ships in July.
 
Why is this posted in the GH1 forum? :-P
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Cause there's no K-7 forum :)
At 1.300 $ it's competing with GH1 plus I think it's interesting to compare and watch the DSLR video progress in general to get an idea how fast it's improving.

I own a D90 but I'm dreaming of a Pocket-RED like everybody else here.


Also same guy says auto focus is not continuous in video mode
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Yes you're right, strangely they say it was possible in firmware 0.20 but uncertain for 1.0


Btw, K-7 is totally weatherproof!
 
just posted this on Ned's vimeo page- "G'day Ned. The mjpeg looks good. There's thousands of indie filmmakers trying to decide on a DSLR right now. Update the firmware with 24/25p, manual shutter and ISO control and you'll sell truckloads of these things."
 
totally weatherproof!

that just made me think about shooting porn......I've been hanging with Johnny Cola for too long.
 
stip said:
Yes, K-7 at best settings is supposed to have 74Mbit/s @ 1024p (3:2)

5dMKII has a max of 40 Mbit/s I think?

Shutter control details or any clear specs about manual ISO controls aren't released by now (at least I didn't find any yet), I guess Pentax won't publish anything here until they're close to finishing firmware. Facts are manual aperture control and autofocus during movie mode, exposure lock, LV out via HDMI, shake reduction during movie mode
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Well we know the codec will not be the weak link with this cam.
This should be so easy to edit! To bad it isn't 1080p.
 
Just a side question about these cameras K-7 or GH1, is there a way to use a video assist monitor with the HDMI out? or does your monitor need an HDMI input? Are there adapters to make it an HD SDI or component? As a Steadicam Operator this a great concern.
 
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