Originally posted by hopsing Are these artifacts not causes by compressing media during YT uploading? I think YT isn't a high end video platform like vimeo is.
While you have a point, YT does not compress it
that much. Would be nice if someone here could upload a video shot from their K30/K01, I would like to see what the DR is like on them.
Originally posted by dragra Check those Robin Delafaite videos again, please. They are really heavily graded. I looked them at a 42" HDTV and couldn't see any artifacts. The truth is I didn't wear my magic sunglasses. Now go figure.
I didn't say you couldn't grade them, I said the K5 was better. Maybe you don't know what artifacts to look for, because the 2nd video is full of them..
Heres a video sample from the K30, if you can't tell its video lacks detail and is processed badly, well then..
Quote: I agree that some artifacts can be observed (for instance, the sky). I think this is due to software and hopefully some nice person will hack the firmware and try to improve this. However, given the limitations of Pentax for video, sepaking generally, what can be seen in these videos is quite fine in my opinion. It shows that if you are really careful (if you don't pan, etc) you can obtain nice results with this camera.
I believe someone was attempting to hack the K5 but they gave up on it and hacked a different camera. Of course the video mode is fine for most people, its just for people who buy DSLRs with video in mind, it doesn't cut it when there are much better options.