Two of the most crucial elements of the New Pentax K7 DSLR is it's awesome weather-proofing, and it's capability for HD Video Capture. I have probably not mentioned a lot about either feature in earlier reviews as I'm probably not that great of a video photographer and I certainly do not do expeditions to the Arctic or anything like that, but maybe I neglected them as a result of I never use these functions. How thoughtless of me, I apologise! Sorry I am so ordinary.

Anyway. Here is my take.

The Pentax K7 like the K20D, provides what can realistically be described as exceptional weather-proofing, not like the D90 which does not have any and the Canon 50D which has water proofing which is ineffective.

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With the K7, even your low price range equipment lenses such as your 18-55 standard range and 50-200 tele lens can be correctly weather-sealed with Pentax's advanced climate proofing system, this means you could even use it in close to arctic circumstances, as it will easily function down at 14 degrees fahrenheit (-10C), compared to just 32F/0C with other supposedly "climate-sealed" cameras on the market.

Even cameras like Canon’s 1Ds and Nikon’s D3 are nowhere near the K7 by way of this level of functionality. This implies of course that it is a perfect digital camera within the more excessive travel conditions, when even probably the most rugged "pro" cameras can usually encounter high failure rates.

Not so with the Pentax K7. It's up for almost anything.

Not only that, but as I already mentioned earlier, it's going to also do an awesome job of video for you in those conditions too, which is a very superior feature. The K7 beats out nearly everyone of the competitors in the midrange market segment of the DSLR market, though the others as is the norm will try to play catch up, as all the copy cats get in on the Pentax's action.

Pentax appears to be doing video more effectively than everybody else and that's past argument. The K7 helps your normal 1280×720p, 30fps HD, and includes a jack for an exterior microphone which you will not get with any of the other the bottom-end video-capable DSLRs.

By the way this implies that you could have high-quality sound in stereo when you want. Brilliantly, the K7 makes use of the complete area of the sensor and gives a 1536×1024, giving 3:2 ratio mode , instead of wasting a sixth of your frame size like each different digital does when shooting a 16:9 video.

Well done to the Pentax K7 designers for thinking ahead of the curve.

One other great characteristic in video mode is the K7’s sensor-primarily based image stabilization system, which makes the Pentax K7 DSLR a camera that offers you great results. This can always help guys like me who possibly have shaking hands that come as standard. I have to say since beginning to use the Pentax K7 DSLR, I've certainly noticed a big difference. You may notice it with the reduction of the volume of snaps you'll be deleting after a session. That's the place it actually matters.