Nice work. I would agree that the iPhone does a great job. I couldn't see spending the money for a monochrome only camera. To me it seems limited. I don't really see a difference in images taken with a monochrome only camera and say pretty much any digital camera shot in monochrome or converted afterwards. Maybe my eyes are limited? :) I do agree that the shooting experience is something to weigh into the argument but... wouldn't you have the same experience with a regular K3 III and the option to shoot in color as well? Thats my opinion anyway. :) I am happy shooting my old Fujifilm X-Pro 1 in monochrome mode when I want to see the world in B&W. It is funny though that film shooters that shoot B&W film are seeing what they shoot in color.
That's a good point about film shooters seeing the world in color while capturing in B&W. And to some degree, the Pentax Monochrome is that way too because of the optical viewfinder. The bonus is, however, I could enable Live View on the LCD to see the world in B&W on the Pentax, which I did... then became frustrated because the LCD was fixed to the body. Always something...
Nice work. I would agree that the iPhone does a great job. I couldn't see spending the money for a monochrome only camera. To me it seems limited. I don't really see a difference in images taken with a monochrome only camera and say pretty much any digital camera shot in monochrome or converted afterwards. Maybe my eyes are limited? :) I do agree that the shooting experience is something to weigh into the argument but... wouldn't you have the same experience with a regular K3 III and the option to shoot in color as well? Thats my opinion anyway. :) I am happy shooting my old Fujifilm X-Pro 1 in monochrome mode when I want to see the world in B&W. It is funny though that film shooters that shoot B&W film are seeing what they shoot in color.
That's a good point about film shooters seeing the world in color while capturing in B&W. And to some degree, the Pentax Monochrome is that way too because of the optical viewfinder. The bonus is, however, I could enable Live View on the LCD to see the world in B&W on the Pentax, which I did... then became frustrated because the LCD was fixed to the body. Always something...
I do not have an iPhone but continue to be impressed by how good the photographs they produce can be.
In this particular case, I have to say that I much prefer the iPhone output over the Pentax.