Congratulations on joining the club, PENTAX and on your first video! I'm a Pentax user and I use the K-3iii. The sample photos of K-3III Monochrome released by PENTAX mostly show street photography in cities, and there are fewer examples of bird or wild photography using telephoto lenses. I'd like to see more of your work!
You know what? I feel the same say. I look ay my former flagship full frame Nikon images and as myself is this all there is? I'm considering doing exactly what you did. I've been with Nikon cameras and glass for 53 years. I know my way around a darkroom and you are correct - it's totally fun but I don't have a darkroom any more. Pentax monochrome is my next adventure. Look forward to seeing more from you. Best of luck to us both.
This resonates with me a lot. I've also essentially migrated all my personal photography to the k-3 mono (mixed with some film). I love the rendering you can get out of that monochrome sensor both with older film glass as well as the modern Pentax lenses.
It’s a big change, but I think it's the right one. After 50 years of taking photos, I’ve gone back to film photography, and black and white is what I spend most of my time on. Best of luck with the channel.
I have a similar journey to this camera. Ended up selling my Fuji GFX 50sii to fund the purchase of the k3iii mono. Felt like such a gamble at the time but surprisingly enough I’m happier with the images I create with the Pentax than I ever was with my Fuji. I still shoot film but I’m more selective nowadays due to the cost.
I can't wait to see what you come up with. I love the dragonfly image. I picked up the Pentax monochrome myself not too long ago. I think I bought it mainly for my nostalgia for my days shooting b&w film, but having said that, I really like this camera. I'm using it mostly to take pictures through my microscope. I have to get out of the house more! Good luck with your channel.
@@i.like.pixels many things you look at through a microscope really have no color so this camera gives me a great high resolution image. I have the older KP that has similar resolution in color. To get a high resolution b&w image with that camera I have to use pixel shift which works, but is an extra step.
Fantastic video, man! Film photos that you showed are stunning, imperfections add so much character to them. K-3 photos look nice too! Good luck with your chanel and new gear, you gained yourself a new subscriber.
This sounds like the perfect kit for your uses! I've gone to full pentax two separate times, trying out the K1 when it was first released, then K1ii, KP, but never got ahold of a K3iii. I'd probably ditch my Nikon d810, d4s, d700, for Pentax a third time, if they released some new APSC primes that weren't screw drive... The motor whirl on the 100mm macro made me go mad. hah The monochrome APSC image quality/sharpness almost competes with full frame! Looking forward to more of your monochrome impressions.
@@ericfore I've also been tempted by the k1 ii, looks like such great value for it's features! Yes the screwdrive is a little unique, I like to think of them as manual lenses but with af as a side feature. I've been putting the k3monochrome through it's paces for about a month now, and I'd agree it's basically as good as full frame. Truly exceptional!
@@AdamGibril the k1 ii is definitely on my radar, I only hear good things about it. I'll have to demo one soon, see how it handles the 150-450mm. I'd like to try some photography of foxes with the K1 ii.
@@i.like.pixels Yes, that 150-450mm is sweet, good for muscles workouts too). One tip regarding K1 ii (in case you did not know), use iso125 as your base iso for shooting high DR images, or else you'll get magenta on black subjects in shadows at iso100, that's due to the new accelerator unit built in.
Congratulations on joining the club, PENTAX and on your first video! I'm a Pentax user and I use the K-3iii.
The sample photos of K-3III Monochrome released by PENTAX mostly show street photography in cities, and there are fewer examples of bird or wild photography using telephoto lenses. I'd like to see more of your work!
You know what? I feel the same say. I look ay my former flagship full frame Nikon images and as myself is this all there is? I'm considering doing exactly what you did. I've been with Nikon cameras and glass for 53 years. I know my way around a darkroom and you are correct - it's totally fun but I don't have a darkroom any more. Pentax monochrome is my next adventure. Look forward to seeing more from you. Best of luck to us both.
I love my Pentax cameras, both the K3iii and the Ricoh GRiii are on my wich list.
Interesting switch! My photos lately feel a bit soulless. Maybe this is the cure. Subscribed.
This resonates with me a lot. I've also essentially migrated all my personal photography to the k-3 mono (mixed with some film). I love the rendering you can get out of that monochrome sensor both with older film glass as well as the modern Pentax lenses.
It’s a big change, but I think it's the right one. After 50 years of taking photos, I’ve gone back to film photography, and black and white is what I spend most of my time on. Best of luck with the channel.
There really is something about a good film photo that's hard to beat, perhaps one day I'll return to it.😁
your images are fantastic! don't be ashamed of them!
Thankyou Lucacavedale I appreciate that 😊
I would love to hear and see more from you about this wonderful camera ❤
@@mhnajjar I'm about to take this camera on a trip, so hopefully in a couple weeks time I'll be able to post all my findings 😁
I have a similar journey to this camera. Ended up selling my Fuji GFX 50sii to fund the purchase of the k3iii mono.
Felt like such a gamble at the time but surprisingly enough I’m happier with the images I create with the Pentax than I ever was with my Fuji.
I still shoot film but I’m more selective nowadays due to the cost.
Now that is surprising! I would have thought Fuji had the advantage, always pays to try it yourself.
I can't wait to see what you come up with. I love the dragonfly image. I picked up the Pentax monochrome myself not too long ago. I think I bought it mainly for my nostalgia for my days shooting b&w film, but having said that, I really like this camera. I'm using it mostly to take pictures through my microscope. I have to get out of the house more! Good luck with your channel.
That's a great use for this camera! I've never tried microscope photography, but the macro work on this camera has been fantastic fun 😁
@@i.like.pixels many things you look at through a microscope really have no color so this camera gives me a great high resolution image. I have the older KP that has similar resolution in color. To get a high resolution b&w image with that camera I have to use pixel shift which works, but is an extra step.
A very good first effort. And an interesting rabbit hole you've gone down. I do hope it all works out for you. Best of luck!
Yes I've definitely gone down the rabbit hole this time, hopefully ita the right way 😁
Bravo on those samples you shared. Looks very promising. Subscribed!
Thank you for subscribing!😁
Fantastic video, man! Film photos that you showed are stunning, imperfections add so much character to them. K-3 photos look nice too! Good luck with your chanel and new gear, you gained yourself a new subscriber.
Thankyou I appreciate that 😁
This sounds like the perfect kit for your uses! I've gone to full pentax two separate times, trying out the K1 when it was first released, then K1ii, KP, but never got ahold of a K3iii.
I'd probably ditch my Nikon d810, d4s, d700, for Pentax a third time, if they released some new APSC primes that weren't screw drive... The motor whirl on the 100mm macro made me go mad. hah
The monochrome APSC image quality/sharpness almost competes with full frame!
Looking forward to more of your monochrome impressions.
@@ericfore I've also been tempted by the k1 ii, looks like such great value for it's features! Yes the screwdrive is a little unique, I like to think of them as manual lenses but with af as a side feature.
I've been putting the k3monochrome through it's paces for about a month now, and I'd agree it's basically as good as full frame. Truly exceptional!
Love my Monochrome. You should try K1 / K1 ii if you haven't, a medium format camera in a full frame body, insanely high dynamic range.
@@AdamGibril the k1 ii is definitely on my radar, I only hear good things about it. I'll have to demo one soon, see how it handles the 150-450mm. I'd like to try some photography of foxes with the K1 ii.
@@i.like.pixels Yes, that 150-450mm is sweet, good for muscles workouts too). One tip regarding K1 ii (in case you did not know), use iso125 as your base iso for shooting high DR images, or else you'll get magenta on black subjects in shadows at iso100, that's due to the new accelerator unit built in.
Perfect timing 🎉
150-450