Yeah, it's not the solution we're looking for. I've got an old camcorder, our he could use this as an excuse to but a modern one.
Any recommendations? On October 27, 2016 12:46:20 PM PDT, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > >Hi Larry, > >I am not sure about K-3, I have never used it. > >Just in case, - let me tell you what I know about K5 (and K7) >K5-IIs has a length/time limit that depends on the resolution. >At Full-HD, it was less than 10 minutes, I believe. >At 720p, it is close to 10 minutes, and it is in high teens or 20-s for > >the VGA resolution (which you probably wouldn't want). > >The limiting factor is the size of a single file on the file system, - >I >don't remember what it was, - probably ~3-3.5 GB. That's the FAT >limitation, and I suspect it remains on exFAT (or what is it called >that >SDXC is using?). > >Besides, there is yet another caveat that you meed to be aware of. >Even you could get away with multiple files, - after some time (which >depends on the ambient temperature), - between some 20 and 40 minutes, >the >sensor starts showing overheating alerts, and then ultimately shuts >down. > >I believe, this happens because the thermal sink is rather low (due to >the >IS that needs to move the sensor). > >So, even if K-3 can deal with larger files, - the sensor overheating is > >likely to be present. > >I hope this helps. > > >Igor > > > >Larry Colen Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:18:45 -0700 wrote: > >A friend asked me to photograph his daughter's bat mitzvah this >weekend. >He'd like to have video of the ceremony, put a camera on a tripod and >let >it go. I've got a 15 year old JVC, also a K-3 and a K-3 II. I know that > >the early pentax SLRs would only video for a few minutes before having >to >stop and restart. > > >By the way, I'm willing to do this as a favor for a friend, he's >willing >to pay me. Neither of us have any idea what professionals charge. It'll >be >about 6hours with ceremony, dinner and party. Anybody have a rough idea > >what it would cost him to hire someone that does this for a living? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse any swypos. http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
