I have been very happy with it. I originally had a k-s1 but I wanted something weather sealed for my trip to scotland in a few month. The k-70 seemed like a perfect camera for it and so far it working great.

First nighttime photo took with my Pentax K-70. Beginner photographer, so enjoy it for what it is.

Thank you for the response. I'll play around with it and repost later for review again!

Please provide thoughts and suggestions on improvement. I am a new photographer. Camera used is a pentax k-70 with pentax 16-85mm hd lens

Yes, we caught the travel bug. I'll be posting more. In the mean time I'll work on improving my skills with luminar.

A few more.

More pictures from my trip. Please provide any comments!

I have luminar. My father got bit for me. However I am not experienced with the use of it.

This is my first time taking pictures with a DSLR (pentax k-s1 with sigma 18-120mm lens). I am fairly new to using one and all photo's were taken on auto mode. Please provide any tips to help me improve. I am soon taking a trip to scotland and would love to make sure those pics are amazing.

So I received an sigma 18-125mm f3.8-5.6 DC HSM lens today. The kit lens has no issue with focusing however the sigma lens will not focus using the LCD screen instead of the eye viewer (forgive me if I do not use the right terminology, I am new to DSLRs and trying to learn. So i will not be offended if you correct me). I was wondering if this is a defective lens or am I not using the right setting etc. I am using a pentax K-s1 and the sigma is for a pentax. the focus will go in and out of focus and finally settle out of focus. obviously, at this point i can not take a picture while using the lcd screen. However when using the eye view, it will focus in just fine. any idea?

So here is a copy of my first photograph with this camera. Any opinions on improving it?

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So i wasn't able to pick up that specific lens; however, I found a sigma 18-125mm F3.8-5.6 DC HSM for $100 used but in good condition. What is your opinion of this lens? I was told this would be a decent walking around lens basically an improvement over the kit lens. I am still looking for 10-20mm lens that will not break my bank account, but they all seem to be around $400 right now. I understand in the world of camera lens this is not much but at this time that is an entire week's pay until i pass my board exams.

So I recently purchased a DSLR camera used (Pentax K-s1) to take with me on my vacation to europe. I am looking for advice on what len's I should start off with for learning and for scenery. We are going on a castle tour of czech republic, southern germany and to paris. I was hoping to get some great pictures of the castles and monuments. We are also going to a wedding (our reason for going to europe). What lens should i look into purchasing if I could only take 2 extra lens and if i was on a budget? Also, are their any pointer's to initially help my new hobby kick off? I have already purchased "DSLR for dummies".

Also, what is everyone's thoughts on the pentax K-s1 for a starter DSLR?