Pentax K-70 vs Pentax P70

Following is a comprehensive analysis of the Pentax K-70 and Pentax P70, former is a Entry-Level DSLR while the latter is a Ultracompact and both are produced by Pentax. There is a substantial difference between the sensor resolutions of the K-70 (24MP) and P70 (12MP) and the K-70 (APS-C) and P70 (1/2.3") enjoy different sensor dimensions.

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The K-70 was launched 7 years after the P70 which is quite a big difference as far as tech is concerned. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Pentax K-70 being a Compact SLR camera and the Pentax P70 being a Ultracompact camera.

Before going in to a more detailed comparison, below is a short highlight of how the K-70 scores against the P70 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall score.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Pentax K-70 & Pentax Optio P70. The complete galleries are viewable at Pentax K-70 Gallery & Pentax P70 Gallery.

In case you're planning to carry around your camera regularly, you have to factor its weight and proportions. The Pentax K-70 enjoys outer dimensions of 126mm x 93mm x 74mm (5.0" x 3.7" x 2.9") and a weight of 688 grams (1.52 lbs) whilst the Pentax P70 has measurements of 97mm x 54mm x 22mm (3.8" x 2.1" x 0.9") along with a weight of 155 grams (0.34 lbs).

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Bear in mind, the weight of an ILC will change dependant on the lens you are utilising at the time. Here is the front view measurements comparison of the K-70 vs the P70.

Taking into account size and weight, the portability score of the K-70 and P70 is 62 and 95 respectively.

Usually, it is difficult to imagine the gap between sensor sizes merely by reading specs. The pic below should provide you a more clear sense of the sensor dimensions in the K-70 and P70.

All in all, both cameras posses different megapixels and different sensor sizes. The K-70 because of its bigger sensor is going to make getting shallow DOF easier and the Pentax K-70 will offer more detail utilizing its extra 12 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures somewhat more aggressively. The younger K-70 provides an advantage with regard to sensor technology.