K1 II and Best cameras for landscape photography in 2021 article

The glory days of Pentax K-1 Mark I in 2018-2019 when they costed around $1300-1500 and pixel shift was a rare feature...now that was a real deal. Nikon D850 price was about double. Then a K-1 Mark II came and now the price is around $1800 with minimal improvements.

Nikon ISO 64 works with motion. It requires 2/3 EV more exposure, but that is rarely a problem with landscapes. There are loads of opportunities to get a successful pixel shift with landscape photography. Just don't do it when it is windy and more than 4-shot pixel shift is becoming risky in many situations. The worst thing what can happen with pixel shift with landscape photography is that you have to mask failed parts with a normal photo parts. Automatic motion compensation in different softwares can do this pretty well, but not always perfectly. Usually you need to see a bit extra trouble to salvage a partially failed pixel shifted photo.

So basically when pixel shifting is successful enough, K-1 wins, but otherwise Nikon D850/Z7 series win. K-1 seems to have a bit edge at ISO 100 vs ISO 100 comparison though. Might help a little, if you need to record motion in lower light landscapes.

But we are forgetting that Nikon Z7 series are pretty d... expensive compared to K-1. If only Pentax decided to go with Mark I instead and keep the old price...it would be even more impressive in this comparison.