21fps DSLR movie

Pentax K20D(21f/s) + DA55-300mm from ligar on Vimeo.

Awesome quality. Download and watch the original QuickTime file at Vimeo. It's a conversion to h.264. The "Motion JPEG" original looks even better!!!

The Pentax K20D can only "film" for a few seconds at about 20 fps (in Burst mode). If you shoot 21 fps all the time its shutter will die within hours. UPDATE: WRONG I just learned that an electronic shutter is used in burst mode. The mechanical shutter stays open. Find the burst mode on page 119 of the K20 D user manual

Burst Shooting: You can take pictures continuousy at approximately 21 frames per second. In this mode, images are saved with JPEG size set to 1536x1024 pixels. The Jpeg Quality set in the Rec. Mode menu is used (e.g the best one!)

This will be the movie quality of future consumer cameras. They'll deliver 24 high quality JPEGs per second and have an electronic shutter that can handle this. Quality sound can be recorded externally i.e with an Edirol R-09HR. Storage space gets cheaper and cheaper.

UPDATE:
Direct link to K20D test footage by Matthew Bennet (right-click and save).

I'm a bit disapointed after finding this K20D clip at a Pentax forum (stairsteps and flickering) and reading this explanation.