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...always a Pentaxian

I am not quite sure if that complies with the forum/group rules....

Yeah, it is a bit strange to bring another horse into the race and I really feel a bit sorry. I made my first steps in ap with a Pentax camera and after four years I still have the feeling that there is a lot of extra potential in my K3ii. But I will stay a Pentaxian and dedicated to astrophotography so I will definitely stay here in this group though the images I can show here will be more rare because the majority of them will be shot with the Zwo ASI in the next future.

But the K3ii stays a phantastic camera for the night. I will use the K3ii for star- and moonscapes furtheron and perhaps more often because I can shoot DSOs automated from the balcony with the ASI and go out for milky way shots etc. with the K3ii in the same night. And maybe the group allows to share ideas and (processing) techniques in this forum though the image was not shot with a Pentax camera. Another thing is that I search for a way to adapt my Pentax lenses to the ASI for wide field astro images.

So there are a lot of reasons to stay a group member here in this sympathetic group!

Cheers
Pete

...and I am not sure yet if the ASI beats the K3ii when it comes to galaxies next seasons!!!

Once I get my employment straightened out and if I end up moving to a place where I can have a permanent pier outside I may join you with a mono and filters setup as long as I can control it from inside the house.

I’ve had the same thoughts, and I’ll probably follow in your steps in a year or two (“organic growth” ), I just bought an ASI120 mini for my guidescope.
And it’s strange how you get attatched to a specific brand, I still have an old Texas Instruments TI99-4A computer, the third since 1983, it’s still going strong. Why? Because it meant something to me, it wa a part of my childhood, a lot of fun - I guess the same goes for my K-70, my first DSLR, my “photo memory”.
Btw. there is a non Pentax thread on PF, perhaps we can get Adam to create an Astrophotography sub thread?

Hi Pete,

I have been expecting this. Once you started with narrowband, a cooled, mono camera was the only logical step. I guess I have to join Cloudy Nights now to see what you are up to. I doubt you will move back to DSLR once you get used to the idea of 10min+ exposure times.

All the best!
HJ