On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> Well it's been almost 10 years since I last shot video seriously (grad >>> school) but I always preferred manual focus. Autofocus kept switching >>> from one point to another when panning static shots - most annoying - >>> or picking the wrong focus point on moving subjects (or requiring me >>> to keep the moving subject in the same point within the frame). I >>> would suspect this camera would be better for serious video shooters >>> and worse for soccer moms. >> >> It would be okay for very serious video shooters, who attach a largish >> $2500) HD monitor > > ... or an iPad :-) > >> But probably not as good as some of the Canon offerings. > > More money = better quality. Same as it ever was. I expect it will be > at least as good as, if not better than, competitively priced DSLR > competitors. > > I'm really intrigued about the possibility of getting a K-01 to do > some video shooting.
Does it offer significant advantages over your K-5 in that regard? Some additional frame rates is all I recall, but I didn't study the specs. Paul > > > -- > 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.

