As we know , video capture is simply just a continuous chain of photos in certain standard photo sizes of TV or movies screen (FullHD, DVD, VGA ). Generally, video requires more complex technologies to produce than photo , thus video camera is much more expensive than photo camera. There was a boundary between videographer and photographer based on the devices they used.
Ten years ago , no one never thought of shooting video with photo camera until, I remember , just right after I got a famous video camera - Canon HV20, Nikon D90 started the revolution to break the boundary of photography in 2008 . Canon quickly followed later . Since, their video-capable DSLRs have been continuously improved and been widely used not only by photographers but also videographers. Sony and Pentax have been always at their tails as same as they had been late to enter the age of digital camera. Currently, Panasonic surprisingly beats both leaders - Nikon & Canon - with the amazing Lumix GH2 . Maybe, next time Panasonic will use the same sensor as Pentax K-5 to make sure to be a new king of the new world videophotograhpy.
I thought the best videophoto camera should have been Pentax K-5 if they could have improved the movies function from the phenomenal K-x. The low noise in photo will result the low noise in video, isn't it? Maybe Pentax engineers couldn't overcome some problems , maybe Pentax still hold a last card for this year - Who knows ?
I believe that all camera manufacturers have been racing to produce a true pro camera for the world which doesn't distinguish pro photo camera or pro video camera. Then , people can use it as the Swiss Army knife like modern smartphone (iPhone, HTC,.. ) with IQ photo, HD video shooting included. And then, there will come the day the photo frame has moving pictures as Harry Potter's author dreams. Do we not love that scene ?
Will Pentax strike the world again with new K-Z1 soon ? ( I named it to remind me my great Pentax film Z-1 which was stolen after few months of use ). If it happens I will give my favourite video camera- Canon HV20 to my daughter as a toy
At this moment, I wonder if Pentax engineers can upgrade firmware for Pentax K-5 so that we can use auto focus with movies shooting. It definitely helps videophoto cameramen a lot . In returns, there will be more than a lot of "THANK YOU, PENTAX" - a BIGGER SLICE of market share
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Thanks for long reading.