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I'm just going to buy a Pentax K1, use pixel shift and convert to black and white. It will have better resolution than...
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I have to actually print samples from the K3III Mono and my regular color camera and see them side-by-side to truly evaluate...
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@micmrc Think of it this way. The moment an image is monochrome, it is abstract. As such, the image can be seen with an...
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