New K-70 user

**SunValley** · 06-05-2020, 05:51 PM - **4 Likes**

Just grabbed a K-70 with 3200 clicks in the local adds for a good price. Very impressed with it so far. I also have a K-5 and a K-50 and wanted to taste the newer Pentax functions. Very impressed so far. Being able to set all astrotracer parameters in user mode is a big plus for me. Looking forward to trying startrails with it. Did a quick try of pixel shift and wow! it's going to make incredible 20" X 30" prints! Went to see a client this afternoon and took it with me. Just a quick handheld shot.

Last edited by SunValley; 06-05-2020 at 06:03 PM.

amg2000 · 06-10-2020, 06:50 AM

Curious, which software did you use to process your pixel shift shot?

**Papa_Joe** · 06-12-2020, 03:25 AM

Congratulations, the K-70 image quality ist stunning.

Coming from a K10D I only had issues with its tendency to overexpose highligths. If you shoot jpeg in contrasting scences try the following settings. Highlight recocvery on, Auto ISO 100 to at least 200. The later is needed, as the Highlight recovery will only work from ISO 200 onwards. The K-70 will switch to ISO 200, if it applys the highlight recovery.

**SunValley** · 06-12-2020, 04:16 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by amg2000

Curious, which software did you use to process your pixel shift shot?

The image I posted here is handheld so I did not use pixel shift on this one. At home on a tripod I compared images with and w/o pixel shift and was really impressed. But since the images come straight out of the camera I did not use any special software to process them.

Originally posted by Papa_Joe

Congratulations, the K-70 image quality ist stunning.

Thanks! And thanks for the tip, nice to know.

06-05-2020, 05:51 PM - 4 Likes	#1
SunValley Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 573	New K-70 user Just grabbed a K-70 with 3200 clicks in the local adds for a good price. Very impressed with it so far. I also have a K-5 and a K-50 and wanted to taste the newer Pentax functions. Very impressed so far. Being able to set all astrotracer parameters in user mode is a big plus for me. Looking forward to trying startrails with it. Did a quick try of pixel shift and wow! it's going to make incredible 20" X 30" prints! Went to see a client this afternoon and took it with me. Just a quick handheld shot. Last edited by SunValley; 06-05-2020 at 06:03 PM.

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06-10-2020, 06:50 AM	#2
amg2000 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Warren County, NJ Posts: 27	Curious, which software did you use to process your pixel shift shot?

06-12-2020, 03:25 AM	#3
Papa_Joe Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: SW Bavaria Posts: 562	Congratulations, the K-70 image quality ist stunning. Coming from a K10D I only had issues with its tendency to overexpose highligths. If you shoot jpeg in contrasting scences try the following settings. Highlight recocvery on, Auto ISO 100 to at least 200. The later is needed, as the Highlight recovery will only work from ISO 200 onwards. The K-70 will switch to ISO 200, if it applys the highlight recovery.

06-12-2020, 04:16 AM - 2 Likes	#4
SunValley Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 573 Original Poster	Originally posted by amg2000 Curious, which software did you use to process your pixel shift shot? The image I posted here is handheld so I did not use pixel shift on this one. At home on a tripod I compared images with and w/o pixel shift and was really impressed. But since the images come straight out of the camera I did not use any special software to process them. Originally posted by Papa_Joe Congratulations, the K-70 image quality ist stunning. Thanks! And thanks for the tip, nice to know.

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