Originally posted by jogiba Quote:
High-quality video recording
The Pentax K-01 features Full HD video-recording function to capture high-quality movie clips in 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels). H.264 compression format offers a choice of frame rate (30, 25 or 24 frames per second) to accommodate user-specific applications. Two new features facilitate video recording:
a video recording button for instant pushbutton start
and a stereo microphone with audio gain control and wind noise suppression for more realistic sound
Video record options are flexible, offering the photographer to select aperture or shutter exposure control, and Pentax Shake Reduction helps stabilize captured video. Users may add personal touches to recorded clips using various Custom Image modes or record subjects in a series of video clips with the Interval Movie Shooting mode. The Pentax K-01 also comes with an HDMI terminal (which allows the user to simultaneously output both Full HD movie clips and stereo sound) as well as an external microphone input terminal.
Has anyone actually seen the words "Manual Video Controls" anywhere? I haven't yet, even though people keep saying it has them. This sentence more to me like it has Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority, but you can't control both at once. And I haven't any mentions anywhere about being able to control ISO/Gain. I would be blown away if they dropped the ball on this, and I doubt that they did. But still, I haven't seen any direct references to Manual controls.
Also, that reference to the HDMI output sounds more ot me like playback. I got excited when I saw the word simultaneous, but then I kept reading. It would be nice to be able to pull an uncompressed HDMI feed for either recording or for full 1080p monitors, while still having the rear LCD getting a signal. Unlike how all DSLRs at the moment kill the back screen when you plug in an external monitor.