Thanks - that is EXACTLY what I am going to use. Used to have a few 2GB extreme's, not even sure why I stopped using them as they were faultless.

Thanks guys,
Rick

Lens CA - nope. I read it slows down pretty much everything so I've been avoiding any of my glass that would need it...

Completely and utterly the SD Cards to blame here. A pity as I thought the Panasonic would be up for it.

So for the rest of the holiday any movies I am using a 8GB microSD card in an adaptor! Works a treat... (and cost about 1/5th of what the other cards cost)

Thanks for that link Stefan. As all things internet I also found this thread going on at the same time.
link

Just weird about the Panasonic Class 10 - never would have thought speed an issue, but the proof of the pudding!

Back to stills for this trip! And time for bed before wifey kills me, ain't jet lag wonderful...
Thanks again for the help,
Rick

Thanks guys for the suggestions. I played around with things a bit more during today and solved it with your help.

= SD Cards.

I have 2x8GB Class 6 and 1x8GB Class 10. All limit the movie size.
If I put in any old thing, even a microSD 4GB with an adaptor - movie limit is simply space on the card.

Go figure. What am I missing? I had thought the K7 could handle cards up to 16GB? The 8GB cards certainly are ok with stills - no problem there?

Many thanks for your responses, and that really helps out for this trip - maybe I need to buy new cards on my return.
Rick

Hi All,
I'd usually just read the K7 manual for this question, but I'm travelling in the States without it, and don't want to download a large PDF over a 3G (UK) mobile! Ouch $$££$£...
On this trip I have started to use the movie mode a lot more, and have noticed that when I start recording it shows how many minutes I can take to fill the SD cards capacity. But after about 30 to 40 seconds the recording stops and this is effectively the max movie length I can take. On 16:9 mode. The allowed length/size does not seem consistant - 164MB to 230MB.

User error? Limit of the camera? Or the SD card? (currently a 8GB Panasonic Gold Class 10)

Many thanks for any answers, and apologies if I am delayed in responding due to travel.

Rick

Welcome aboard!
I'm pretty new here myself and likewise take a lot of mountain photo's on alpine trips. Not sure I'm up to huge climbs though, mainly "tough alpine walks" like mount blanc. Chose my K7 in large part for the size, weight, cold resistance as well as to return more into the fold of Pentax.
Will be very interested to see how you get on!
Happy clicking! I know I have not really stopped or had chance to sort since picking up the K7

There is a nice GUI for it link
No more cmd or drag and drop.

37 (for a bit longer..) and while I look 17 years older than aiki I'm a month younger. Go figure..

Is the 30-to-40-something bulge do do with the age of Pentax? I still love my first pentax, a K1000, like nothing else.

Many thanks for the heads up - one "purchased" as long as they actually have it! You can also try voucher JESSOPS5 which "may" get you a bit extra off... (we'll see on Wed)

I believe that the recording time of video (or live view) is not that relevant here. It is sensor temp. When it pushes 27 degrees, the green line occurs. So this is relevant to external conditions, and lets be honest - so far the English "summer" has sucked...

The fact the Pentax released a "statement" to the effect, with no mention of batches, model numbers, or production runs indicates that they all may do this. But, your guess is as good (or much better seeing you own one) than mine. I just have one on order...

As Chirpy says - maybe it was only the first batch. Lets hope so!

Thanks Shaky on the translation - a fair cop - I speak only school-boy conversational German, and more to the point I did not do that translation - it was copied from pentaxforums.com.