Originally posted by D1N0 I was already expecting it in the K-1 it has been available from fall 2015. Hence new camera's sporting 4K 30p. It will be the basis for the next generation aps-c I guess
Make sense, K1 was kind of old project a bit late on schedule, so it didn't use the latest processor. But whatever the solution choosed by Pentax, it will tried on that K70 and next APSC flagship so that the next FF benefit of it too.
If you never try, you never get anything done
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At the moment I'd expect Pentax to try to get the most of that accelerator unit as well as on the PDAF on the sensor... They are also very likely to work on the latest m8 if they didn't decide for a different architecture (separated accelerator unit). As for 4K, this is become more and more important, maybe not to have a great implementation, but to have a 4K mode available so that the camera doesn't get bad reviews and feedback because of that... Likely most sensor with right processing unit can handle that now.