Originally posted by Rondec How many people actually shoot a lot of video on their MILC/SLR cameras? I think it is less than the video Forumites would think.
It's enough for Sony, Canon and Panasonic to make dedicated models just for those people, and to ensure that ALL of thier cameras have good quality video.
Nikon and Canon have both tried 'Stills only' editions over the last five years, only to quietly drop them from the range when they failed to sell.
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Originally posted by ZombieArmy They sure didn't.
K-5 and K-5ii were the last bodies to have Mechanical SR in Video - there was a sample on youtube showing one of the forums old hands walking along following his partner, filming her handheld on his K-5.
It looked like SteadiCam smooth.
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Originally posted by ZombieArmy Maybe someone with a K-5 or K-5II could test? I remember hearing otherwise and my same generation K-01 absolutely does not have mechanical stabilization.
K-5 and K-01 are not the same generation. K-01 and K-30 were the first bodies of the generation that followed the K-5.
The significant changes between the generations, was the APS-c sensor was all new, the K-5 didn't have HDMI, those that came after did, and the new models were the first where the video CoDec was downgraded to h.264, instead of post-production freindly Mjpeg.
The IBIS was taken away after complaints about it being audible on recordings,... recording made at 32kHz sample rate, which no one would ever use for professional work, even then.
True IBIS SR, high bandwidth Mjpeg, or even high bandwidth h.264 have all been possible, as those features are already in the firmware, just locked away from video recording.
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Originally posted by someasiancameraguy At this point I find it a bit unbelievable that Pentax would still try to hold onto the argument that the SR unit generates too much noise in video, considering now that practically every brand out there has IBIS enabled video.
Pentax, was SEVEN YEARS ahead of everyone on this. Every other manufacturer followed, after Pentax had disabled it
If they'd fixed it in firmware, and given the K-01 HDMI clean feed, I can guarantee you all, the Canon 5D2 would have been outsold by the K-01 for video use - the K-01's horrid ergonomics, make it an easy square box to fit to a video Rig, in the same way a Z-Cam, a BMD Micro, or any Sony MILC does.