the untold problem with doing hd video with still camera lenses is that the zoom lenses you can get are not well suited for video use, no power zoom, no proportional power zoom. It might be fun once in a while to do HD but it wouldnt be fun full time with typcial SLR camera lens zooms.
JC O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:08 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 at B&H On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:25:30PM -0400, Graydon wrote: > > Note that Panasonic is a consumer electronics company; Pentax (and > Hoya) are optical companies. They don't want to wander out of the > area of their strengths into those of the competition, which is what > moving to an EVF would do. I think the driving factor behind moving to an EVF (apart from cost) is the requirement for HD video - that's going to be a must-have item. Personally I don't care, but I know that I'm not the target customer. The capability is already showing up in consumer cameras, although as yet it isn't always fully integrated (no auto-focus adjustments, say). But once you have live view and 60fps video, you've already got an EVF. If that means venturing into the strengths of Panasonic, so be it; the alternative is to be left on the sidelines. And, in any case, there's still a lot of space in front of the sensor for an optics company to showcase their capabilities. -- 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. -- 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.
