Originally posted by monochrome Pentax is limited by the Milbeaut processor. They're probably gaining significantly more sales and revenue selling this camera at this price than the few sales and users lost to Canon / Magic Lantern or Sony.
The current Milbeaut does do 4K video. So if the hardware is actually limiting Pentax, that is because they are either using an ancient sensor or an ancient processor (and just call it new). Now those parts may be significantly cheaper, and they went that route to get to the low price point. But still it is disappointing. If they said... hey, hold out, we are listening, the K-1 is a bit of an entry level model, we are now working on a camera to sit above the K-1 that will have the latest and greatest, that would be fine.
I do think a K-1 with SR (for run and gun shooting... think journalists etc.) and proper video quality could draw over people from other brands. There is no FF DSLR camera with shake reduction in body, and also none that has a flip out screen. Only the latest A7 models have those things, and they aren't DSLRs and lack in terms of ergonomics IMHO. The K-1 will be a tough as nails pro level camera that isn't too big or too heavy, and if it could do great video (especially on less planned shoots), it would be very attractive. Let alone all that wonderful Pentax glass that is out there, and currently used on mirrorless cameras via adapters!
@jatrax:
These are serious video cameras. They are terrible for stills and come with price tags where you can buy a new car. In the case of the Arri a really nice new car.
Something like a decent Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic or even Canon will do fine for most uses. Pentax has fallen too far behind though. My company is shooting corporate videos with a 600D. It works. It may still work with the K-1, but the competitors are far ahead, and most of all any glass invested into them is going to be useful a few years down the road. Just buy a newer body, and it will be significantly better. Pentax has hardly, if at all, improved video quality over the past 6 years or so. How can you trust them? I don't want to invest into a brand where I don't know if a couple of years from now my lenses are still going to be useful.
And that is exactly the problem Samsung faced. Expensive gear and lenses with uncertain future. Would Samsung stick around? Is it ok to invest into Samsung lenses? Will I still be able to use them in a few years, when I want to get a new body? Will they extend the lens line up? In hindsight, with Samsung giving up the market, it was a wise decision not to buy into the system.
If Pentax can't even be bothered to hire one guy to find out what video people need, and another one to implement those things in firmware, then do you really think they would buy a company that has experience in those areas?
Anyway, I will be taking a long, hard look at Olympus.