Originally posted by richandfleur Very nice!
I'm at a bit of a cross roads. I would like to stay with Pentax, but they're not really producing the products that I want.
With cameras improving dramatically over the last 10 years, I would be happy with a camera that is capable enough for both video and stills.
I'm invested heavily in Pentax, and want to be able to use the lenses and bodies I have for video work, using sensors stabilisation in both etc, but Pentax have not reviewed their video offering in 6 years now, and that's just crazy.
I think mirrorless will be the future, but I'm not rushing to get there, but there's no reason Pentax can't up their video game a bit on a DSLR. Nikon for example has done this very successfully on their recent cameras.
Given the mirror has to be up for live view/video, I'd be up for a Pentax mirrorless, a modern K-01 if you will.
I want IBIS much more than I want 4K for example. It's sad that this is available on many other cameras now, but not the brand who has been doing sensor based stabilisation for 10 years or so.
Yeah, sounds like you are at where I was two years ago. I ended up moving away from Pentax for this reason (although the KP nearly brought me back), and have kept my Takumars for use on Fuji. It's especially disappointing since the K-20 (20 fps mode), and K-5 were right there with the Nikon D90 for video before/at the time mirrorless began. Since then, not much has happened.
I now have the Panny GM1 and GM5, and the Fuji X-T20. The Fuji is great for stills (especially colour - I haven't processed a single RAW since getting it - done in camera only), but only average for video. The panny gear is wonderful for video, but not as good as Pentax or the Fuji for straight out photo quality. Depends on how big you want to print. I should mention that I previously had Fuji medium format gear, and the UI works for me.
There's lots of choices. Panny for me is good enough, and the newer dual IS GX85 or G85 models (not sure what they are called in NZ) might be the go for you. The Oly gear is also good as a hybrid solution. So is Sony (and that is APS-C, so better stills quality), but personally I won't do that again.
Personally, the one thing I am missing right now is WR. My last Pentax body was the K-5IIs. Thinking the G85 would be a nice replacement with the 12-60mm on it.
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Originally posted by NZ_Ross That is the beauty of the GH5 - you get IBIS, 4K and a whole lot of other video goodness...
Very nice camera.
I am still using my K3 for stills, but we have a Sony EX1 and now the GH5 for dedicated video work. The GH5 also takes very nice stills.
Exactly. For a hybrid solution, the GH5 is pretty darn good.
I was speaking to folks at a conference doing video work with their GH4's, and they weren't even using a computer to process video interviews. Video on steadypod with good lavallier mics (two). Clip in-camera and post via their phones.