First Takes: K-7 Video from Ned Bunnell on Vimeo.
Take a look at these very first video samples from a pre-production Pentax K-7 (Download the 720p version and apply some contrast). That's M-JPEG at medium quality. It looks so analog and organic. Almost like film. Thanks a lot Pentax, you're on the right track.
By the way Ned Bunnel is the President of Pentax Imaging USA.
The very first downloadable original .AVI file from this camera: vimeo.com/4951136
And here's what the application VideoSpec says about the video track:
I wished the chroma subsampling format where the better YUV422 like on the Nikon D90.
Some other facts about the camera:
- Arperture is selectable but no full manual control.
- HDMI out is live during recording so you can use an external monitor
- An external stereo microphone is possible
Update: Please say this is not true: vimeo.com/4978666 This example is really, really bad. There are speculations that the internal resolution of the K-7 video mode is as weak as that of the K20 burst mode. Oh no ...
