agentlossing
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Your work certainly trumpets the virtues of the 43mm Special LTM! I could wish for a Pentax Monochrome in full-frame to reach full parity when using the 43mm Limited, but it also produces excellent colors, so it does very well on the K-1. I will be shooting that combination more (at least once I feel like putting the K-3 Monochrome down).I would be more interested in the Pentax Monochrome if i still had any Pentax lenses. But that was long ago and far away... aside from the SMC-Pentax-L 43mm Special (LTM). 😉
Roots - Santa Clara 2022
Leica M10-M + Pentax 43mm f/1.9
ISO 1250 @ f/4 @ 1/125
Lovely work in this thread!
G
Shab
Veteran
I have thought a lot of times about the K-1 + 43mm Limited combo ... and if the K-1 would be a MONOCHROME camera... and if... and if...
Ok, I will keep my mind in peace and keep myself using my cameras.
But I love monochrome cameras... great thread!
Ok, I will keep my mind in peace and keep myself using my cameras.
But I love monochrome cameras... great thread!
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Freakscene
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I guess they are acknowledging that you can become sensitised to the plastic that the external surfaces are made of. I did also find that pretty peculiar. No itches yet, but there’s time!
sojournerphoto
Veteran
This evening I popped my old 2.8/28 SMC-M on the K3m and made a picture of the shelves of chutney under the stairs - some new this weekend and some dating back to autumn ‘22. Not great art, but I like the combination.
vitaly66
slightly tilted
my only egret...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
vitaly66
slightly tilted
boundary conditions...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
Freakscene
Obscure member
Interesting. I don’t think I really used my 8-element 50/1.4 that much, but I don’t remember its out-of-focus being so busy. That’s close to a worst case scenario, but still. Interesting.boundary conditions...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
vitaly66
slightly tilted
Give it a try on your Pentax Monochrome sometime. The lens has a remarkable and unexpected repertoire.
One big problem I've found, though: once mounted on the camera, you may never want to take it off ;>
vitaly66
slightly tilted
thistle & that...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
agentlossing
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vitaly66
slightly tilted
acid ball...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8-element)
agentlossing
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vitaly66
slightly tilted
take wing...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
agentlossing
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vitaly66
slightly tilted
two up...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
Freakscene
Obscure member
Is that a dust blob? My K-3 iii Mono has kept its sensor remarkably dust free.two up...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, K135mm/2.5
vitaly66
slightly tilted
Thanks - coulda been a fuzzball or something. Lint from my belly button maybe. Fortunately not persistent. But I'll keep an eye open!
vitaly66
slightly tilted
loss of vision...
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8)
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, Tak50mm/1.4 (8)
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agentlossing
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^^ very distinctive building and yet I admit I don't recognize it. That does look like the Smith tower over on the right assuming the scene is in Seattle. Wouldn't it be ironic if that turned out to be the church where I was married, which is in that neighborhood.