K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread Dario Bonazza
Has anyone tried video recording with the K-5? Are you able to get a smooth video at camera maximum resolution? Which cards do you need to do that? My first attempt with class-10 16GB cards (either Extrememory or Silicon Power) is less than satisfying as movement is not smooth. Audio is rather

Re: K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread Thibouille
Movement will never be perfect becuse of sensor limitations (rolling shutter) and 30fps upper limit. 2011/3/16 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: Has anyone tried video recording with the K-5? Are you able to get a smooth video at camera maximum resolution? Which cards do you need to do

Re: K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread Tim Bray
) and 30fps upper limit. 2011/3/16 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: Has anyone tried video recording with the K-5? Are you able to get a smooth video at camera maximum resolution? Which cards do you need to do that? My first attempt with class-10 16GB cards (either Extrememory or Silicon Power

Re: K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread Thibouille
at 6:17 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Movement will never be perfect becuse of sensor limitations (rolling shutter) and 30fps upper limit. 2011/3/16 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: Has anyone tried video recording with the K-5? Are you able to get a smooth video at camera

Re: K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Shouldn't 30fps be good enough for most things excluding fast-moving sports and so on?  I'm a vidiot so maybe I have this backward... -T I think the rolling shutter is the bigger issue. In a rolling shutter camera, the

Re: K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/3/11, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: Shouldn't 30fps be good enough for most things excluding fast-moving sports and so on? I'm a vidiot so maybe I have this backward... -T The thing is, anything viewed in real time (eg shot at 30 fps and then viewed at 30 fps) will appear

Re: K-5 and video recording

2011-03-16 Thread David Mann
On Mar 17, 2011, at 6:36 AM, Cotty wrote: Ever watch video of helicopter blades that look like spider's legs whizzing about? Looks dreadful. In Australia I saw a spider the size of a helicopter. That was dreadful. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net