Pentax Monochrome

[Freakscene]

Lower mud tones - perfect

Ooops. But apt!

 

[agentlossing]

With the Pentax you’ll never see the pattern noise unless you go crazy with the manipulations. With a Leica Monochrom you run into them much more quickly, which was why I generally accept the tonality and let my photos have darker shadows and lower mud tones than I’d like.

Marty

Do you have an example of an edited file with this pattern? I'm not sure I've run into it at all.

 

[Freakscene]

Do you have an example of an edited file with this pattern? I'm not sure I've run into it at all.

From ISO 204800 you can easily see it in the background. I use this example because it’s from Ricoh. I emphasize again that the pattern noise is much less obvious than in the Leica Monochroms.

 

[agentlossing]

From ISO 204800 you can easily see it in the background. I use this example because it’s from Ricoh. I emphasize again that the pattern noise is much less obvious than in the Leica Monochroms.

Is it visible at 100%? I wonder how possible it is that this might just be an artifact of downsizing. Digital files get really weird with lots of noise speckles, especially ones as high-contrast as those from monochrome sensors.

 

[Freakscene]

Is it visible at 100%? I wonder how possible it is that this might just be an artifact of downsizing. Digital files get really weird with lots of noise speckles, especially ones as high-contrast as those from monochrome sensors.

Yes, it’s not resizing or lens corrections. It is most apparent in uncorrected raw files at 100%. I think it’s just what happens when signals from sensors get interpreted.

 

[vitaly66]

them stones done rolled...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, M28mm/3.5

 

[sojournerphoto]

them stones done rolled...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, M28mm/3.5

Don’t suppose anyone has used the 16-50 to compare with the 20-40?

Just asking for a friend…

 

[Reinvention]

them stones done rolled...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, M28mm/3.5

Rockin' photo!

 

[agentlossing]

 

[vitaly66]

this happened...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, ZK25mm/2.8

 

[Freakscene]

this happened...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, ZK25mm/2.8

It’s interesting; the ZK lenses have very different tonality to the Pentax lenses.

 

[vitaly66]

It’s interesting; the ZK lenses have very different tonality to the Pentax lenses.

For sure, the distagon shows a tonal response/character that's quite different from the Pentax lenses -- I'm still on the learning curve with it.

 

[vitaly66]

memory holed...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, ZK35mm/2

 

[Freakscene]

For sure, the distagon shows a tonal response/character that's quite different from the Pentax lenses -- I'm still on the learning curve with it.

And you got the ZK 35mm in addition to the 25mm!

 

[sojournerphoto]

The Zeiss 2/35 Distagon is a lovely lens. I had one in canon mount years ago and would love to find one in Nikon, or Pentax, mount

 

[vitaly66]

ashes of people...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, ZK35mm/2

 

[agentlossing]

ashes of people...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, ZK35mm/2

Oregon State Hospital is pretty terrifying all around.

 

[vitaly66]

et puis tous les hommes sont morts...



Pentax K-3iii Monochrome, DA35mm/2.8

 

[Zuiko-logist]

The Zeiss 2/35 Distagon is a lovely lens. I had one in canon mount years ago and would love to find one in Nikon, or Pentax, mount

Care to elaborate on the differences?

 

[sojournerphoto]

Care to elaborate on the differences?

The only difference is the mount - I no longer have any Canon EF mount bodies, but the lens is available in Nikon F and Pentax K mounts. The lens is one of those Zeiss lenses that, when you get it right, has real pop and punchy sublime colour. The out of focus is smooth and not distracting - just gets out of the way leaving focus on the subject.