On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > When I bought the K-x I pretty much considered the video as something that > might be handy now and then. > > Tonight, I made the mistake of trying it out in stupidly low light > conditions. I was shooting stills at ISO 6400, 1/30 f/1.8. I decided WTF, > give the video mode a try to see if I got anything even vaguely usable. > > The results were good enough that I spent more time trying to sort out the > video than I did practicing still photography with the camera tonight. Many > of my short clips are definitely usable. With reasonably competent > software, and a reasonably competent person running it, I'm sure that they > could be brought up to pretty darned good. > > I suppose I'm going to need to start pricing final cut pro or something like > that. Any recommendations. > > There are quite a few sub $1000 DSLRs that'll also shoot video. Eventually > one of the camera companies will come out with a sensor approximately APS > sized, that is optimized for video, perhaps 1900x1080, to maximize the > dynamic range with big sensor sites. The body will be EVIL because that's > what you need for video, and will have adapters will work with DSLR glass > from the various manufacturers. They will initially price it under $2000, > with a three year price target of $500, and every Yuppie parent that bought > a DSLR to take pictures of Junior soccer game will "need" to buy one. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >
Larry, that camera already exists, it's called the Panasonic GH1. A replacement is due in September with even more video-oriented features. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
