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Absolutely! Live view with a tilt screen is the only way to go. Does the Pentax take good shots though as bending may be worth it if the photos are great
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My Pentax K50 is a 'good' camera. Noise reduction is ok - see photo of sombrero at iso 1600 (6x4min). But unless you already have a lot of Pentax gear, I would stick the other Sony/Canon cameras already suggested. Almost everybody makes adapters/lenses/accessories for Canon but not so much for Pentax. I already had a lot of Pentax stuff so I've stuck with them but I wouldn't if I was starting again.
As for long exposure control - I use a Pluto Trigger (plugs into the camera's hotshoe and is controlled by an app on your phone/ipad) They make adapters for most makes of cameras and it's easy to set up for, say, 12 x 4 minute shots with a break of 3 and a half minute intervals in between to allow for the camera's in-house noise reduction - or whatever combo you need. Plus it has lightning/light/sound triggers and all sorts of stuff. A very, very handy gizmo for remote controlling a DSLR.