I always felt we all here around Pentax were aware about it's limited efforts towards video.
Pentax has up to now ducked back behind the big names - Pentax still doesn't want to
compete with those above, either because they can't afford it - or they want to resist it.
And the professional market remains closed for them of course ...
Most Pentax friends only temporarily even think of "misusing" their camera for video, and
even seem to dislike this additional feature - being bored with it they somehow try to accept
that and push it aside as quickly as possible ... because they just want their camera for stills.
Pentax seems to know they are not taken serious for video dreams, and may even wonder
that some still do ask that much of them ... kind of begging to have it made for video. They in
a way feel forced to drag their video-tools a little further on and act as if they do as wanted.
But without success - in the eyes of artists or professionals who just want an affordable good
camera for easy and nice video because they once invested in glass and stuff ... Pentax just
recently found out they can't stay away behind these growing hopes forever ... and somehow
have to move now ... slowly ... but only half-heartedly ...
We are just a few here ... and they made up a Sub-Forum for us freaks. But even in reviews now
5 % of the information is carefully covered by video-details. Slowly, slowly you get some deeper
infos but only by those who have tried it out themselfes. So astounding to watch this - but a great
desillusion to see to have put your desires in to this company, unable or unwilling to go for it.
Sorrow and anger do rise ... which can be silly of course, but we can see it as meaningfull too.
Panasonic for some time not even looked at, by some, have developed beyond APS-C level now -
in terms of true video-configuration. They are able to surpass the limitations of that small sensor -
surprising still to some. In search for rich DOF they have found shelter in a Voigtländer Nokton 0,95
On the web now you can watch videos where they compare the GH3 with a Canon 5D Mark III -
and really, if you do watch that open-minded you can see Panasonic has done a far out good job.
Today I saw in my mail that even a movie has been done with some (10 !) GH3s:
(in German tounge only yet)