Originally posted by builttospill If I wanted video I'd buy a Canon. But because I don't care about video
Great, good to know.
I want video and I wouldn't buy a Canon for it.
So happy to hear shopping advice from people who openly say they don't care about a subject.
Forget the video aspect for a second, the comment was about what are they going to put in a K-70, given the K-S2 was pretty much the K-30/50 upgrade anyway?
One of the possible answers that has been mentioned is some video improvements. Pentax has had video on every single DSLR for 7 or so years now. You can't buy a Pentax without video capabilities. Newer models build on this further by including microphone input and headphone output sockets, and you don't use those much for landscape work. Video is part of Pentax, even if many Pentax users don't want to see or use it.
Pentax has a decent video base. They could improve on this easily with some minor changes, and this would bring them up to say 2015 specs. Moving forward, if they want to become up with today's best, they've got a long way to come, but I'm not asking for that really. I'm simply saying restore the sensor based stabilisation, keep focus peaking working whilst you record and up the bit rate a bit so they value IQ instead of smaller file sizes. Right now it's like being offered **JPEG quality only in video, with no *** or RAW option.
I doubt Pentax will make the changes above, but I hope they do.
Hard to see where you take the K-70 without it directly encroaching on the K-3 range, unless you just rehash it with newer features like pixelshift and LED assist lights only instead?