Originally posted by filmamigo It's a false analogy. The reason we get passionate about video is because Pentax is SO CLOSE. We love shooting stills with Pentax, we want to spend our money on Pentax, and we would have no reason to look elsewhere if Pentax paid enough attention to video to make some minor tweaks.
How many current users would Pentax lose implementing better video, because of higher unit cost? And where would those users go to find what they want? People asking for better video are asking Pentax to add cost for all of us, to keep them from buying another brand? Just buy the other brand.
Match D810 video and D810 tracking AF and my guess is you have a D810 priced camera. I wanted a K-1 priced camera.
There is one compelling argument for better video in Pentax bodies, it would be free. Once you get over that fallacy the rest will fall into place in terms of figuring out why so many of us are overjoyed that Pentax chose to concentrate on it's core with Pixel Shift and in body SR rather than spend money on better video. It also explains why we hate even the idea of better video in Pentax. There are two sides of the fence here. Pentax has chosen to go with bargain basement video at a bargain basement price, maybe the only company that does, and we really, really like that about Pentax. A few people claiming that they want it when it's available everywhere else, it's like the whole world has to conform to what they want and the rest of us will have to pay for it.
No wonder there's such a strong reaction against it. It's selfish and goes against our interests. Every Tom, Dick and Harry camera company offers video of some sort, and so does Pentax. That's good enough.
It a false question. A better one would be how much would it be worth to you to have 4k video in your Pentax camera, an additional $200, and additional $400, how much? People who want it for free, just stay out of the discussion, that's not reasonable.
Last edited by normhead; 04-21-2017 at 07:52 AM.