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 Re: Anybody using the Pentax K3 Mark III Monochrome | |
Califmike33 wrote:
asnapper wrote:
Califmike33 wrote:
asnapper wrote:
I have one, what would you like to know?
So how are you enjoying it? Are you disappointed in any way with it ?, looking for the pros, cons, and overall thoughts on the camera, thank you.
Michael
Michael,
I'm not disappointed with the K3M at all, other than it being a DSLR. I have become accustomed to the evf in my GFX & Sony mirrorless cameras. The DNG's it produces have wonderful gradation & the shadows great latitude. but you have to be careful with the highlights, if they are overexposed you can't get them back like you can with film, so I always underexpose. You can safely use very high asa's & what noise there is, reminds me of film grain & overall the DNG's have a film like look & are sharper than you would expect from an APS-C sensor.
Having heaped praise on the camera & it's output, it's my least used camera, which is down to it being a DSLR. I wish that Sony or Fuji would make a monochrome camera, I would buy one in a heartbeat, but its unlikely & rumour has it that Pentax have discontinued the K3 & K3M cameras, so a cheap Monochrome option looks like its about to disappear, well unless they introduce a K4M or even a FF K1M.
Thanks for your reply, im glad you like the camera, im reading a mixed bag on this camera from all the different sites i have visited. I guess i would have to rent one and really find out for myself if i like it. Im now interested in a Pentax K1 mark II, now that camera seems really interesting also, i may rent them both.
I had the Pentax K1 ... made lovely B&W conversions, and a really clean sensor. Personally, this was probably one of my favorite sensors I've shot on. I think Pentax had this sensor "ahead of its time" ... but, the rest of Pentax has struggled to move much. They are kinda stuck in a time warp, in many regards. A good, classic kind of time warp, for those who have regard for the classic, but a time warp nonetheless. If you have the temperament for the classic DSLR, it can be an "odd duck" gem.
If I hadn't gotten a taste of the Leica ... and PK had even tried halfway to move into the 21st century, I might be shooting PK instead of Leica. So, again ... I can dig on the PK, but the K1 is still a pretty hefty rig. It weighs (smidge over a kilo) even more than Hassy X1D / X2D or Fuji GFX or Leica SL series for comparison. And, with its longer lens registration ... the body for the mirror box is pretty thick, too. It's a chunky monkey ... but, puts out some really nice files.
But, for being a chunky monkey, it is contoured to the hand fairly well.
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