My daughter purchased a k 70 for my birthday and i love it .

I got the k50. And my mom as a nice gesture brought my camera bag downstairs as i was headed home. I didnt have the bag closed and one of the lenses fell out. Luckily i had the lense covers on it. No damage whatsoever. Working on getting good enough to take portraits and get some money for it. Also i use manual mode for most of it to include focus as this helps me get better in the end. I got 2 extra batteries as well as a flash and 256gb card for memory. Stole it for 100.00 plus taxes and shipping in a bid war. Love it sofar.

Thanks for continuing to give the K-70 some love. Got my K-70 in the fall of 2022 (based, in part, on a couple of your videos) and I am thrilled with it. Picture quality is amazing. As "low end" as it is, it was a stretch for my budget, so when I dropped mine (on grass, thankfully), my heart stopped beating for a minute, until I was sure it was ok. It also rolled off the seat of my golf cart once. You'd think I'd learn. Still going strong. Video is good when on a tripod, and the subject is stationary (e.g. my daughter's flute recital; used an external mic, and it sounded great.) Have since acquired a whole host (20?) of manual and older auto-focus lenses, and hoping to gather the cash for some real modern glass. My main kit is the Sigma 10-20 HSM, the unfairly maligned Pentax 18-135 kit lens, and the Pentax 55-300 HD DA, along with one or two manual lenses (that vary from week to week). Keep up the good work!

Still enjoying mine. And the Pentax lenses are great quality

Heart attack! I have both K-30 and K-70, have abused them both, hundreds of trips into rain and snow, many dings and drops, other than a few scratches they always power up and work.. insane durability... nice video M8!

Thanks for this video, I'd love to see more... I've owned the K70 since 2023, and it's the best camera I've ever had. What's missing from the pros: 1.: the option for astrophotography with automatic tracking on a normal tripod and 2.: that Pentax has kept the lens thread unchanged for 50 years, meaning that even the oldest lenses can be used.

Hi Jason My 'heart' dropped when I saw your Pentax take a tumble as I relived a similar situation. I was taking photos of thee eclipse when mu P900 slipped out of the tripod clamp, hitting the concrete and then bouncing several times across the parking lot. Great video as always! Best wishes Duane

I bought this camera a few years ago including two zoom kit lens. It's a real great solid, easy to use camera. I dont use video nor bothered about touch screen. It's a bit heavy and chunky to carry around but a good grip. It's a great camera for the money and since l've added several prime lens to my pentax collection. Thanks for the review which l agree with your comments. Cheers!

As a long time "Pentaxian" I owned the camera and was more than happy with it! Fantastic build quality and - as you have shown - sturdy as hell! Amongs other situations it withstand the extremly fine sand in Antelope Canyon/Arizona while most of the high priced Sonys (and a few Canons) completely failed. I switched to the Pentax K 3 Mk. 3 in 2021 but never got this sense of "reliability" again that I had with the K70! Because the K3 Mk. 3 had major issues shortly after the end of the warranty time (same with two of their star-lenses!), I completely lost my trust in Pentax' quality control, so I recently switched to the Nikon full frame Z-system and the Nikon Z6 II as my new camera! This is a hell of a camera(system) and I have really reached a kind of "new dimension" as far as picture quality is concerned.....!

K70 owner here, I love it and it leaves the canons and nikons in its wake to this day for value for money with the features it has, much overlooked brand, i like the pixle shift feature but dislike the wifi download speed with the size of RAW files but I can live with that.

Just bought a new K-70 and 18-135 kit at a good price. I guess they are on closeout now (making way for the KF). I actually had a K-S2 years ago and liked it a lot, and later regretted selling it, so to me the K-70 is like an improved Super K-S2. It's my re-entry into the Pentax DSLR world after being away for a while.

I do like my 18-135...!

I am a little reticent to tell this, but, 40 years ago, I was on holiday in the Caribbean and got a stomach bug. When the effects of the bug occurred, I had my ME Super hanging around my neck. Let's just say it was never the same smooth operating camera after that and the addition of high winds, sand and salt sure didn't help. After 20 years the camera repairer said that it was too corroded to fix. I loved that camera. That's why I'm glad the K-70 has weather sealing!

Have a k70 for about four yrs. Finding it hard to get more info as to low light, macro and tips for sharper pictures. Especially you tube videos. Thanks for your insights and views

I am still debating whether to get the K-70 or an OM-5. Yes, two quite different cameras. Just looking at the end result: the photograph.

I have been a Pentax user since 1973. Multiple screwmout bodies and SMC-Takumar lenses. In 2006 I went digital. Pentax K110D. In 2008 I got a K200D. In 2014 I got a K50. 2019 I got a K70. Of course I use the K70 most, but I still use the other bodies depending on what I am shooting and just to keep them active. I bought a Pentax flash but seldom use it. I have found the in camera flash works just fine in most situations. I was planning a trip to Portugal for October this year (done) I usually like to carry 2 bodies with different lenses. Up to this point I usually took the K50 and K70. But I decided I want 2 cameras with pretty much the same specs. I was going to get a KF. Then when I started looking at the prices. KF is about the price I paid for my K70 in 2019. But brand new K70s were going for 500 to 600 dollars less. So I decided to just get another K70. My first was black, the new one is silver so I could tell them apart at a glance. I have been extremely pleased with all my Pentax DSLRs. My one major complaint with the K70 is that it will not take AAs like the other bodies. Aside from that, I am more than pleased with the K70. I just wish Ricoh would put a little more marketing into the line. I was recently shooting up at the airport. Someone else there with their camera phone asked me was it a Canon or Nikon. I said Pentax. His reply, "Never heard of it" How sad. Anyway great video. The first one I have seen of your's. I will be watching more. Thank you. PS love the 18-135mm

Thanks for the video. I have the K70 and am more than satisfied with the photographs I have from this camera and the amazing number of high quality lenses I can pair with it. My only frustration is that I have to get up and go to work when I would much rather be out in nature to shoot pictures. More times than not recently I bring the K70 with me because I am driving often and like to stop and take a quick picture, often of horse grazing in a field. It helps to have an apple to get there attention and even persuade them to come right up to me. It is experiences like this that keep me passionate about photography. Hope you continue to provide us subscribers with these great videos. On a closing note, I found myself drawn in to the system behind you in this video. Do you work as a sound engineer?

After starting photography a couple years ago with a bridge camera I did a lot of research looking at specs and reviews before buying the k70 as my first dslr , I love this camera ! The weather sealing and the articulated screen swung it for me. It perfectly suits my style for lansdcape and nature . The weather resistance at a lower price point than many other brands is a deal breaker for me - living in the UK - we don't really get summer, but the rain gets warmer ! I'm busy collecting a few lenses at the moment , the pentax 55-300mm plm goes great with this camera .

I own a K 70 myself. Love the camera! I did not know it had eye detect in the auto focus. Are you sure that feature is available? Where in the menus is that setting?

I had Apature Block Failure on my K70 sent it Oregon and had it replaced the camera works fine now. I like the flip screen and the pixel shift option built in intervolumter and the ability to use astrotracker it helped with my Milky Way pictures. I bought mine in 2018 for a trip to Yellowstone National Park my long lens at the time was a Tamron 75-300 from 2005 got good wildlife pictures with the lens I still have the lens and use it occasionally but I have upgraded with the 55-300 PLM lens

Good to know about the flash. Thank you!! I love my k70

I am still using my Pentax Spotmatic.

I bought a new K70 only a month ago. For the 24 mpx, for the flipping display and the easy menu that is like the one in my old K30 and last for a price of 550 $ with a lens 18/55 missing in my photographic equipment . I make some videos with an old Panasonic videocamera and use my camera only for the use of a camera: to take photographs. And first impressions are really superlative for the cost that is a quarter of a equivalent mirrorless. And with many features that I have never seen in those cameras like Astrotracer or rare like IBIS. For me Pentax is really misunderstood from a lot of people that don't see the real value of things but only the fascinating sirens of Marketing. Bye from Italy

I really like the K70, I use it to back up my old K3.

I have and sold my k70 however thinking about getting another one. It has amazing image quality and that 18-135 is an amazing lens. I’d personally get another k70 with 18-135 kit. 20-40plm and 55-300mm plm and I would be set

Nice video as always Jason! Keep up the good work!

the K70 is still that good that Pentax re-released it as KF without any technical changes (except an altered Displaym as the old one is not produced anymore). I added a K1-II as i got a real good offer. There are a few things that aren't so good thats the flimsy Battery bracket, but thats quite easy to repair, the solenoid issue was almost solved in 2021, the "better" Pentax cameras have adifferent aperture operation without solenoid ( you can try to get a white NOS Japan solenoid and replace a stuck solenoid). Unfortunately Sigma and Tamron stopped support for Pentax K-mount, bvut you can get a lot of used lenses. My recommendations 18-135, 55-300 PLM, SMC-FA 50/1.4, Sigma 18-35/1.8, Sigma 10-20/3.5

I recently sold my K-S2, I own a K-3 ii and comparing those 2, the S2 was too clunky and slow. I might get a K-70 as a sub-camera or for street photo.

Nice to see some Pentax love. I've been using mine for 2 years now, and have very few complaints. I do have a scratch on the sensor, but it doesn't seem at affect image quality. My viewfinder recently shattered, but again, it's not affecting image quality. I like the weight of it and it's well distributed. The IBIS is great, even on a shaky hands day and I've managed to do long exposures of about 4-6 seconds. Mind you, a lot of that is putting myself into a meditative trance, but the camera helps 😂 I can't afford another camera, but even when I can, I'll probably not love it like I love my Penny (yeah, I named my camera).

Great video! Is the KF and equivalent model? Love your videos!

Great analysis, very cringeworthy seeing that fall. You work in radio? Brings back memories when I was an AM radio board op in the 90's...No Cart tapes? LOL

Have you had any issues with the malfunctioning solenoid in your K-70? I've read they go bad and its really putting me off buying the camera tbh.

Tough li’l camera!👍

They should have just upgraded it, 640 ISO would be great or 32 megapixels

I am thinking about getting a KF. Owned a K10D about 12 or more years ago. Was wondering what the point to point auto-focus in like. Is is accurate? (I don't expect af tracking to be usable based on what everyone says about pentax but I no longer shoot sports/action. The K70 sure did nail 2 shots of that guy riding the bicycle in the other video though. ) Great videos about the pentax by the way.

Can you shot with monitor close? (LCD inside)

My first good camera was apentax sia grandads camera. What has Pentax done to them selves? Ricoh is a photo copier brand. Where is your shame? I worked for Kodak and Agfa, but they never did anything that was like Ashi. Lenses to be of particular quality. You have no confidence! Marketing is the key.

How?

I dont like touchscreens, I might be the only one.