Quality of K-7 video

Torphoto · 06-02-2009, 11:06 AM

the official sample video while cute is not 720p so scaled down it will look good.

dopeytree · 06-02-2009, 11:41 AM

Are the offical videos mirrored anywhere? The website seems to be slammed with everyone trying to look.

ecoronin · 06-02-2009, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by NunoBarbosa

I think they should have pic a more interesting subject...
apart from that, it looks it was made handheld and the SR works really good!
Defenitly a bonus over the competition...

I agree like some kind of outdoor adventure or like a baseball game or somthing

deadwolfbones · 06-02-2009, 11:50 AM

I'd really like to see some video using older lenses (Takumars, etc) with manual f-stop adjustments mid-shot. Imagine preset lenses with their smoothly variable apertures. Mmm... Jupiter-9.

Scartist · 06-02-2009, 01:43 PM

New (converted) sample was just added to YouTube:

YouTube - Pentax K 7

Not much to see, but I thought I'd share. It says test 01, so maybe there will be more.

karl79 · 06-02-2009, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by NunoBarbosa

I think they should have pic a more interesting subject...

Yeah, would like to see humans to judge skin tone...
but nice, saturated colors there, though I'm sure the dogs on the couch are shot with additional lights

...hm, thinking about that, I hope there hasn't been done any post-processing on that sample vid...looks so firm...

oh, and I wonder why people put their dogs in dog-skirts! How sick is that?!

falconeye · 06-02-2009, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by Scartist

YouTube - Pentax K 7

Thanxs. Info says:
"Test O1 1536x1024 AVI convert to 1536x1024 WMV with vegas"

So, is there any way to fetch the 1536x1024 WMV off YouTube?

Steelski · 06-02-2009, 02:47 PM

And no, its not your first though about sea men and salty spray.
YouTube - First heavy duty trip for PENTAX K7

video quality is rubbish, but the sea is brutal to most cameras. well done Pentax.

melander · 06-02-2009, 03:05 PM

Fisheye movies

I wanna make them. Need to buy a 10-17 tho

Movie quality is better than I expected from a dslr realy. IM impressed. We need to make a new forum segment, "Post your movies"

Class A · 06-02-2009, 04:16 PM

Originally posted by falconeye

From the bits of information gathered so far, I think I can summarize the video architecture now:

Great stuff, falconeye. That is a very impressive analysis.

I'm not a friend of suboptimal solutions such as the fringing causing subsampling approach, but your analysis shows us why we shouldn't care too much. After all, it seems that a different approach, while being awesome would have increased the cost.

I think it was a good move to basically just get still shooting FPS up to par and throw in whatever video quality that enables for free, rather than making a DSLR more expensive just in order to optimise a secondary function (video).

If we look at the video feature as I think we should, as a nice freebie, then any disappointment about still existing shortcomings fades away, AFAIC.

Torphoto · 06-02-2009, 04:26 PM

Well my new beef is with the sample video, my girl friend now wants to buy a dog dress. I will have to give in to the demand to get my K-7, Thanks Pentax your going to give a poor dog a complex.

Edit

she says "its MY dog" ( IE. hers )

not gonna fight a loosing battle cause I want a K-7 :-(

arpaagent · 06-02-2009, 05:25 PM

Originally posted by Torphoto

Well my new beef is with the sample video, my girl friend now wants to buy a dog dress. I will have to give in to the demand to get my K-7, Thanks Pentax your going to give a poor dog a complex.

Edit

she says "its MY dog" ( IE. hers )

not gonna fight a loosing battle cause I want a K-7 :-(

But it IS worth it, right?

bogiesbad · 06-02-2009, 06:22 PM

My wife can dress our -I mean her- dog in fishnets and garters if she lets me buy a K-7. K-7 > K-9 pride

jogiba · 06-02-2009, 08:03 PM

I just watched a 720p HD video (1920x1080 capture processed and resized to 1280x720) made with the Canon 5D Mark II and was blown away. I can't wait to try some of my very long lenses to do 1536x1024 *** video of birds when I get my K-7.

Video link:
Indigo-banded Kingfisher (Philippine Wild Birds) By Romy Ocon On ExposureRoom

ogl · 06-02-2009, 10:53 PM

I like such video
PENTAX K-7 Digital SLR - Official PENTAX Imaging Web Site

push sample video

06-02-2009, 02:47 PM	#548
Steelski Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Varna Posts: 470	K-7 video with salty spray And no, its not your first though about sea men and salty spray. YouTube - First heavy duty trip for PENTAX K7 video quality is rubbish, but the sea is brutal to most cameras. well done Pentax.

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06-02-2009, 11:06 AM	#541
Torphoto Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Trinidad W.I. Photos: Gallery Posts: 612	the official sample video while cute is not 720p so scaled down it will look good.

06-02-2009, 11:41 AM	#542
dopeytree Veteran Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Somerset, UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 619	Are the offical videos mirrored anywhere? The website seems to be slammed with everyone trying to look.

06-02-2009, 11:46 AM	#543
ecoronin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 127	Originally posted by NunoBarbosa I think they should have pic a more interesting subject... apart from that, it looks it was made handheld and the SR works really good! Defenitly a bonus over the competition... I agree like some kind of outdoor adventure or like a baseball game or somthing

06-02-2009, 11:50 AM	#544
deadwolfbones Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: La Crescenta, CA Posts: 7,450	I'd really like to see some video using older lenses (Takumars, etc) with manual f-stop adjustments mid-shot. Imagine preset lenses with their smoothly variable apertures. Mmm... Jupiter-9.

06-02-2009, 01:43 PM	#545
Scartist New Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hungary Posts: 18	New (converted) sample was just added to YouTube: YouTube - Pentax K 7 Not much to see, but I thought I'd share. It says test 01, so maybe there will be more.

06-02-2009, 02:17 PM	#546
karl79 Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 91	Originally posted by NunoBarbosa I think they should have pic a more interesting subject... Yeah, would like to see humans to judge skin tone... but nice, saturated colors there, though I'm sure the dogs on the couch are shot with additional lights ...hm, thinking about that, I hope there hasn't been done any post-processing on that sample vid...looks so firm... oh, and I wonder why people put their dogs in dog-skirts! How sick is that?!

06-02-2009, 02:26 PM	#547
falconeye Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Munich, Alps, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,871 Original Poster	Originally posted by Scartist YouTube - Pentax K 7 Thanxs. Info says: "Test O1 1536x1024 AVI convert to 1536x1024 WMV with vegas" So, is there any way to fetch the 1536x1024 WMV off YouTube?

06-02-2009, 03:05 PM	#549
melander Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden, Umea Posts: 876	Fisheye movies I wanna make them. Need to buy a 10-17 tho Movie quality is better than I expected from a dslr realy. IM impressed. We need to make a new forum segment, "Post your movies"

06-02-2009, 04:16 PM	#550
Class A Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 11,251	Originally posted by falconeye From the bits of information gathered so far, I think I can summarize the video architecture now: Great stuff, falconeye. That is a very impressive analysis. I'm not a friend of suboptimal solutions such as the fringing causing subsampling approach, but your analysis shows us why we shouldn't care too much. After all, it seems that a different approach, while being awesome would have increased the cost. I think it was a good move to basically just get still shooting FPS up to par and throw in whatever video quality that enables for free, rather than making a DSLR more expensive just in order to optimise a secondary function (video). If we look at the video feature as I think we should, as a nice freebie, then any disappointment about still existing shortcomings fades away, AFAIC.

06-02-2009, 04:26 PM	#551
Torphoto Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Trinidad W.I. Photos: Gallery Posts: 612	Well my new beef is with the sample video, my girl friend now wants to buy a dog dress. I will have to give in to the demand to get my K-7, Thanks Pentax your going to give a poor dog a complex. Edit she says "its MY dog" ( IE. hers ) not gonna fight a loosing battle cause I want a K-7 :-(

06-02-2009, 05:25 PM	#552
arpaagent Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 803	Originally posted by Torphoto Well my new beef is with the sample video, my girl friend now wants to buy a dog dress. I will have to give in to the demand to get my K-7, Thanks Pentax your going to give a poor dog a complex. Edit she says "its MY dog" ( IE. hers ) not gonna fight a loosing battle cause I want a K-7 :-( But it IS worth it, right?

06-02-2009, 06:22 PM	#553
bogiesbad Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lower AL Photos: Albums Posts: 355	My wife can dress our -I mean her- dog in fishnets and garters if she lets me buy a K-7. K-7 > K-9 pride

06-02-2009, 08:03 PM	#554
jogiba Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Millstone,NJ Posts: 6,491	I just watched a 720p HD video (1920x1080 capture processed and resized to 1280x720) made with the Canon 5D Mark II and was blown away. I can't wait to try some of my very long lenses to do 1536x1024 *** video of birds when I get my K-7. Video link: Indigo-banded Kingfisher (Philippine Wild Birds) By Romy Ocon On ExposureRoom

06-02-2009, 10:53 PM	#555
ogl Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sankt Peterburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,382	I like such video PENTAX K-7 Digital SLR - Official PENTAX Imaging Web Site push sample video