Originally posted by cxdoo 1. I rarely shoot video.
2. I prefer my Panasonic HDC-SD700 form factor to DSLR when I do.
3. I prefer my DSLR not to have: articulating screen, additional buttons, additional hardware, additional menus I don't use.
4. I don't want anything that's not related to stills photography to impact computing/power envelope of my DSLR. That includes WiFi too.
Look, I fully understand there are people who want video and I understand what reasons they might have. What I'm saying is that NOT wanting video in the same device is not some quirk of brand deluded like hinted here. It's a preference.
I'm also extremely unhappy with my 'smartphone' as a phone and the next one I buy will be just a phone. I have a tablet that does everything else.
I prefer the Panasonic XC-900 or so form factor to my K-5. That's a camera that was launched after my K-5 and costs more than it. But the footage it produces? Absolutely useless, ugly junk. Mind you the encoder is great, but the 3 sensors create a horrible image that makes a bloody iPhone look good. And that's not even taking into account the lack of shallow DoF.
You seem to want no progress at all... which should be great for you, just buy second hand cameras.
Just because there are some features of my camera that I won't use it doesn't mean I want them to be taken away for everyone else.
What Pentax could, maybe should do is make video an option in the menu. Like those many options in a long list. It will give the option between no video, basic video and advanced video. Basic and advanced unlook a menu that gives you video capabilities and control over them. There only has to be one button for video on the camera, and that can be reassigned for any other function (like a second Fx button).
The added development costs are easily offset by increased sales (just look at OM-D vs. GH4 or A7S... the latter two sell like hot cakes, the Olympus doesn't despite being just as good if not better for stills). Heck, all my friends who have actually spent money on cameras want them to take stills and video. I recommended them Pentax, and they were open to Pentax, but ultimately rejected the brand thanks to video. These people spend several thousands on camera equipment, and that could have gone to Pentax. If the K-3 had SR one of them might even have bought it.
@Jim: Canon isn't bad at stills because of video. And they don't push video on their DSLRs. It is their own sensor tech that lags behind, perhaps because they were too comfortable with their lead... their cameras just sell.