On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:51 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: William Robb > >> On 27/08/2012 8:58 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> >>> I rarely watch videos. They take too long fro the payoff. The still >>> mode will endure simply because there's no real reason to remove it, >>> just as many cameras now clearly aimed at still photographers have >>> video. It's just too easy to leave this capability in the >>> electronics. Now, it is possible that cameras will start to be >>> optimized for video, and that would be a real change. >>> >>> >> In our own brand, the K-01 is already there. Removing the viewfinder >> removed a lot of it's optimization for still photography in favour of >> video. >> The lack of a decent microphone and no jack is kinda stupid (at least I >> don't think the K-01 has a mic jack), but this is rather typical of >> Pentax not quite getting things right most of the time. > > > Maybe they're aiming it at the "professional" video production market > where the audio is recorded separately. The K-01 is pretty much the camera I > expected the DSLR video trend would lead to - box with a sensor & SLR lens > mount.
John, I think you were expecting this then: small box, all sensor, lens mount: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/blackmagiccinemacamera/ It looks like a winner to me. Same price as the D800 / 5D, but designed for cinema. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
