K-S2 & MX-1

SteveLedger
Posted 20/04/2015 - 22:33 Link
richandfleur wrote:

I've had footage ruined by this system on the K-30, where the software thought the scene was moving..
Yes! This is the problem.
Stabilization is not supposed to stabilize movement 'in the scene', it's to stabilize camera movement. This is the fundamental flaw with digital stabilization and why it can never work. We are after all talking about a 'movie' - so things will be 'moving' in the scene..

Pentax an Olympus engineers need to get together...
richandfleur
Posted 20/04/2015 - 23:19 Link
SteveLedger wrote:
richandfleur wrote:

I've had footage ruined by this system on the K-30, where the software thought the scene was moving..
Yes! This is the problem.
Stabilization is not supposed to stabilize movement 'in the scene', it's to stabilize camera movement. This is the fundamental flaw with digital stabilization and why it can never work. We are after all talking about a 'movie' - so things will be 'moving' in the scene..

Pentax an Olympus engineers need to get together...
I fully agree with all of this Steve
50mpCMOS
Posted 21/04/2015 - 02:50 Link
Olympus being stuck in 4/3 and then also charging more for their lenses than a full-frame lens
SteveLedger
Posted 21/04/2015 - 04:05 Link
How is that relevant to the topic?
richandfleur
Posted 21/04/2015 - 04:17 Link
SteveLedger wrote:
How is that relevant to the topic?
Quite.

Sony have stabilised video by moving a larger FF sensor during video recording.
Olympus have stabilised video by moving a smaller m4/3 sensor during video recording.

Pentax have been moving sensors since the K100d era, and stabilised video by moving an APS-C sensor during video recording, on the K-5 and K-7 series.

It's all been, or is being done right now, except for Ricoh era Pentax cameras.
That needs to change, and what should be a Pentax strength needs to be reinstated as such.
SteveLedger
Posted 21/04/2015 - 05:48 Link
If Kenspo at PF is to be believed, Ricoh are serious about lifting Pentax out of the dark. The K-3ii is (according to him) about to deliver some surprises.

Well, surprises can be of the good or bad variety, let's hope they are pleasant ones. Certainly the K-S2 has been well received.
BruceStrachan
Posted 21/04/2015 - 06:43 Link
I had promised my wife I wouldnīt buy any more new cameras this year too......
I need to stop craving new gear and get on with using what I have, but my lens collection is now way over 20, most of which are old manuals that I will probably never use unless I am mucking about in the house or garden.
Maybe if I clear out most of my unused stuff I can have enough for a new body.....
Cheers,

Bruce
SteveLedger
Posted 21/04/2015 - 07:20 Link
Being a 'born-again-bachelor' has it's advantages

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