Originally posted by wkraus Did I get that right? You do hope Pentax/Ricoh starts shipping cameras with unfinished, rough&ready or buggy firmware?
Well, as long as it is finished enough and only needs a bit of polish? I mean, would you like to shoot with your camera now, even if it's not all smooth sailing, and get a fix for that in a few months, or wait a few months without a camera? Exactly. Plus new bugs may be discovered by users, and they'd be fixed earlier than if Pentax waited until the firmware is deemed ready... and they only get discovered at that point.
Originally posted by Simen1 The SD to DVD resolution took a few years. So did the DVD res to HD res take. The same with HD to full HD and now from full HD to 4K. But fps have been standing still at 24 since a century ago. I think its time to increase the flickering slide shows Charlie Chaplins best days to 60 fps for now. 60 fps would be a huge lift from the flickering but even that is not completely flickering free. Later it should be increased to 100-120, but from there its not much visible difference. If you want to do just 1/2 speed slow motion maybe 60 fps recording and 30 fps viewing is enough, if the scene is quite slow to begun with.
Anyway, I don't think K-1's imaging sensor have fast enough readout for 1080 60p. Good video should have full readout of all the pixels for every frame, then dowscale it to the wanted resolution. Samsung NX1 and Sony A7RII have that so its possible with the current technology. Pentax just didn't opt for that. Full readout is also useful to get around SR challanges. It can digitally crop to a moving crop window, a digital kind of SR, before the crop is scaled down.
I thought the K-1 uses a similar sensor to the one in the D810? Or an updated version. That camera does 60p.
Peter Jackson tried to up the frame rate for professional video from 24 to 48. The experiment failed. People generally hated it. James Cameron is trying to do it again, this time with 60 fps for Avatar 2, and of course in 3D. Personally I'm not fond of high frame rates, I don't think it looks professional. For 3D it can be useful though, 3D tends to look very stuttery, unlike well shot 24p.
I don't mind if the camera does 60p, it would be a plus, another tool available, but far from necessary. What really helps is shake reduction, because it is useful for a certain way of shooting that is perfect for the K-1. The K-1 is relatively light and compact, plus very tough. It shoots great stills. So a wonderful travel companion, or for stuff that is shot with little gear. All you need is a good microphone (if even that... just use music). It would also be great for journalists who want/need to deliver high quality video AND stills. Thanks to SR there is no need to carry additional gear. Pop a mic on top of the camera, and they have everything they need to produce great content.