[cybereye (Mario)]

Hi all... remember me?

I've had my new Pentax K1 for about 10 days and last week I put its Astrotracer function through its paces from my backyard in Brisbane. For those that might not be aware, the Pentax K1 can shift its sensor to follow the night sky using the on board GPS.

The attached image is 10x90 second images, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Startools and Lightroom. The lens was a 35mm prime, ISO1600 and F5.6. The camera was mounted on a normal camera tripod and I had the usual inner-city light pollution issues.

I've also included a crop of the Southern Cross from one of the raw images and then the same image taken without the Astrotracer function. This will give you an idea of how well the Pentax K1 Astrotracer function worked. They also give you an idea of the light pollution...

Cheers,
Mario