Pentax Monochrome

jon.oman said:
Well, I did it. I just ordered the Pentax K-3 Mono! I just got the DA 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 AL WR zoom to go with it. I know I need something better. But I broke the bank already! They say it will come tomorrow, but with FedEx, I know it will be a day or so later. Now, the learning begins!
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That Pentax kit lens is better than it deserves to be for the price. I've had a couple of them and while nobody would mistake them for a mega buck Leica lens the performance was surprisingly good when stopped down a bit. And when the hole in your wallet does fill up again there are lots of used K mount lenses out there that are good performers for less than a king's ransom.
 
Cascadilla said:
That Pentax kit lens is better than it deserves to be for the price. I've had a couple of them and while nobody would mistake them for a mega buck Leica lens the performance was surprisingly good when stopped down a bit. And when the hole in your wallet does fill up again there are lots of used K mount lenses out there that are good performers for less than a king's ransom.
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I had heard that, so I'm not too worried in the short term. I also know that I will be looking for some of the older lenses. I'll be asking for some advise when the time comes!
 
jon.oman said:
I had heard that, so I'm not too worried in the short term. I also know that I will be looking for some of the older lenses. I'll be asking for some advise when the time comes!
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Preemptively, the FA 50 1.4 looks really nice on the Monochrome, especially the smooth, creamy bokeh. I got rid of mine in the flurry to actually be able to afford the Monochrome, but I got to shoot with the combo for a little while and I really liked the results. I was just going over some of my older shots, which is what reminded me of this.
 
Okay, I have a dumb question. I have the camera in Av mode. How do I change aperture? It is stuck on f8. Nothing I do works! The manual sucks.

Figured it out. Accidently pressed the AF Mode button. That changed the e-control to afc/afs mode. Which lost the aperture change function for a while. I just lucked into a fix that reverted it back to normal.
 
jon.oman said:
Okay, I have a dumb question. I have the camera in Av mode. How do I change aperture? It is stuck on f8. Nothing I do works! The manual sucks.

Figured it out. Accidently pressed the AF Mode button. That changed the e-control to afc/afs mode. Which lost the aperture change function for a while. I just lucked into a fix that reverted it back to normal.
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I find the Pentax frustratingly complicated in comparison to a Leica Monochrom.
 
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I think it takes a combination of knowledge of Pentax DSLR methodology and Ricoh GRIII methodology to operate the K-3 III smoothly! There are a lot of legacy Pentax items, but overall K-3 III has the newer GRIII menu style.

I agree the manual is not much. The e-book over at Pentax Forums provides what is lacking; that community is really the destination for learning your Pentax.
 
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Third image from the new camera. Processed from the DNG file, using ACR, and Photoshop.
 
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