Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 And until now Pentax has not offered better video recording. Low bitrate and electronic vr. So basicly not much changed since K-01.
That's correct. In 2012 the K-01 and K-30 cameras came out with focus peaking the ability to record 1080P at 24fps. They also had full manual control during video mode.
Unfortunately the mechanical stabilisation stopped working during video capture then also, so a few steps forward and a few steps back.
The video format changed to h264 also, which favoured smaller file sizes over the previous format.
In late 2013 the K-3 was released and this increased the video offering slightly by adding 1080i at 60fps. That was essentially a marketing move, as nothing should really be interlaced these days anyway.
Now in 2016 they have added the ability to have continuous AF during video mode, with a select range of lenses.
My comments are just to balance the descriptions I'm seeing here and there, of the K-70 being Pentax's video camera offering, with superb video capabilities etc.
The K-70 adds a mic input (which is new to this range of camera, but not to Pentax), and a flippy screen which to some may be considered a video feature, and the ability for video AF if you have a suitable DC motor lens.
It offers no changes to the core video offering, essentially first offered in 2012, which is now well overdue for a revamp, and which firmly places Pentax at the bottom of the camera companies in terms of core video functionality. Even those such as Olympus and Fuji (who were openly anti video at one stage) offer more capable out of the box/core video capabilities than Pentax now.