New Pentax K20D 21 fps??

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:09:47 +1100, "Pete D" wrote:

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>"TRoss" wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:23:32 -0800 (PST), RichA
>> wrote:
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>>>On Feb 25, 12:30 am, "Pete D" wrote:
>>>> "RichA" wrote in message
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>>>> > At something like 1.3 megapixels. Gimmick? Why not do 10fps at 5-6
>>>> > megapixels instead?
>>>>
>>>> Why 10fps at 5-6 megapixels instead? Why either? Why anything? Cos thats
>>>> what they chose to make I guess, when you own the factory I guess you
>>>> can
>>>> design what YOU want, till then you can just complain about everything!
>>>
>>>Because that's what the PRO companies offer.
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>> I think you'll find that Pentax is going after the the advanced
>> amateur market, and the K20D has some nice features for a camera in
>> this class and price-point.
>>
>> The 21fps may be a gimmick and a seldom/never used feature, but at
>> that frame-rate the K20D should be able to capture ~5.5-seconds of
>> movie-quality stills. Might be fun to use to experimess with frame
>> animation.
>>
>>
>> TR
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>Not something that I care too much about but "Pro" web developers could
>certainly use the feature to great effect.
>
>Pete
>

I've given this a little thought, and the frame animation aspect may
be one of the more interesting uses for the K20D. Maybe not a reason
to buy one, but certainly something to explore if you do.

One thing that comes to mind is running the image through Photoshop
and use the Poster Edges and Cut Out filters to turn a live-action
sequence into an animated cartoon. An Action would automate the
process.


TR
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On Feb 25, 1:35 pm, wrote:
> First RichA if you want to try and start a flame war get your information
> correct. That is 115 fps at 1.6MP. It says so right here under Drive Modes.
>

Actually, I think you mean 115 FRAMES at 1.3 meg and 21fps
 >> Stay informed about: New Pentax K20D 21 fps?? 

TRoss wrote in


> The 21fps may be a gimmick and a seldom/never used feature, but at
> that frame-rate the K20D should be able to capture ~5.5-seconds of
> movie-quality stills. Might be fun to use to experimess with frame
> animation.

Not only that, but there are also possibilities of stacking aligned images
when hand-holding a burst, to get enough total exposure for low noise, in
situations where hand-hold for an exposure the sum of all the exposures
would be impossible.

I wonder if they use the full sensor for this feature (binning or
downsampling) or if they just drop pixels. The latter, of course, would
have more aliased images and a lot more image-level noise.

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