Originally posted by nevermindhim The argument can't stand on it's own, so here come the reinforcements.
It's no surprise why there are so few Pentax users and members of this forum remaining who care about video. They've been driven off!
And so very defensive for people who "don't care" about something...
Defensive? Just annoyed at video aficionados who blather on about how silly I am for not going along with their opinion of what I need.
SR would not work for me. I've seen Canon video and I can match it. Same with Nikon d810. Neither meets my standards for quality that I try to achieve in stills. I'm not willing to spend a multiple of what I've spent on stills hardware, nor the effort to learn the substantial skills necessary to do it. It is another world, and I would want to do it really well if I was.
So we will see how the K1 looks, I suspect it is a marginal improvement on the K3, and I will be entirely satisfied in the results I get within the limits of what I expect. The K3 fits my video needs, but doesn't fill my stills needs.
If you don't like that I really don't care.
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Seriously. There is a thread somewhere here about video using the K3. Utterly devoid of any constructive knowledge, a total waste of time except if you want to moan about lack of SR. Quite shameful in fact.
I have utterly no patience for that. There is a different way. There is a vibrant and interesting thread where long lens shooters post shots. There isn't a wide range of capable long Pentax glass. But people show up with older glass, Tamron adaptalls, old A and M stuff, some new. I've learned an enormous amount from what people are doing, and it is fun. Some people move on to other brands, fine. But no moaning allowed, and no condescension, and you better post some shots, lots of shots over time before expressing an opinion.
All I've learned here is that there are lots of people interested in video but can't seem to get it to work without mechanical SR.