Hire a pro videographer. Avoid embarrassment and the loss of a friend. Paul via phone
> On Oct 27, 2016, at 5:46 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, it's not the solution we're looking for. I've got an old camcorder, our > he could use this as an excuse to but a modern one. > > Any recommendations? > >> On October 27, 2016 12:46:20 PM PDT, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Larry, >> >> I am not sure about K-3, I have never used it. >> >> Just in case, - let me tell you what I know about K5 (and K7) >> K5-IIs has a length/time limit that depends on the resolution. >> At Full-HD, it was less than 10 minutes, I believe. >> At 720p, it is close to 10 minutes, and it is in high teens or 20-s for >> >> the VGA resolution (which you probably wouldn't want). >> >> The limiting factor is the size of a single file on the file system, - >> I >> don't remember what it was, - probably ~3-3.5 GB. That's the FAT >> limitation, and I suspect it remains on exFAT (or what is it called >> that >> SDXC is using?). >> >> Besides, there is yet another caveat that you meed to be aware of. >> Even you could get away with multiple files, - after some time (which >> depends on the ambient temperature), - between some 20 and 40 minutes, >> the >> sensor starts showing overheating alerts, and then ultimately shuts >> down. >> >> I believe, this happens because the thermal sink is rather low (due to >> the >> IS that needs to move the sensor). >> >> So, even if K-3 can deal with larger files, - the sensor overheating is >> >> likely to be present. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> >> Igor >> >> >> >> Larry Colen Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:18:45 -0700 wrote: >> >> A friend asked me to photograph his daughter's bat mitzvah this >> weekend. >> He'd like to have video of the ceremony, put a camera on a tripod and >> let >> it go. I've got a 15 year old JVC, also a K-3 and a K-3 II. I know that >> >> the early pentax SLRs would only video for a few minutes before having >> to >> stop and restart. >> >> >> By the way, I'm willing to do this as a favor for a friend, he's >> willing >> to pay me. Neither of us have any idea what professionals charge. It'll >> be >> about 6hours with ceremony, dinner and party. Anybody have a rough idea >> >> what it would cost him to hire someone that does this for a living? > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse any swypos. > http://red4est.com/lrc > > -- > 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.
