Experience Report about PENTAX K-3 Mark III Monochrome by Robert Comby

PENTAX photographers had the opportunity to test the K-3 Mark III monochrome in their everyday photography before its market launch. We share their assessment here.

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 18mm (27mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO200  // Exposure time: 1/160sec.  //  Aperture: F16  //  Exposure compensation: +0.3EV 

 

 

Robert Comby, 68 years old, lives near to Paris and is a professional photographer with all his passion.
He had his first experience in his own photo lab, developing black and white films at the time. To this day, this fascination has not left him, and so he was predestined to be one of the first to try out the new PENTAX K-3 Mark III Monochrome.

 

Robert Comby finds his inspiration both in the streets of Paris and in more distant places such as India or the Indian Ocean, as well as in Italy, especially Venice, that magical and inspiring city to which he returns regularly.

  

Herewith he shared some impression he made with the PENTAX K-3 Mark III Monochrome: 

 

" ... In my artistic approach I often don't look for something specific, I observe, wait and use the moment.
I like to take photographs in Paris or Venice. Here I always find the intimate moments in a very special atmosphere.
For these moments, when I want to capture this atmosphere, black and white is indispensable for me.
Black and white photography is about telling a story, highlighting a subject and expressing emotion without the distraction of colour. Everything that compensates for the loss of colour is highlighted: Lines, shapes, contrasts, highlights, reliefs.

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 35mm (54mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO200  // Exposure time: 15sec.  //  Aperture: F22  //  Exposure compensation: +5.0EV 

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 21mm (32mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO200  // Exposure time: 1/125sec.  //  Aperture: F14

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 50mm (77mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO200  // Exposure time: 1/500sec.  //  Aperture: F4.5  //  Exposure compensation: +0.3EV 

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 50mm (77mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO400  // Exposure time: 1/2000sec.  //  Aperture: F4.5 

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 21mm (32mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO500  // Exposure time: 1/320sec.  //  Aperture: F13  

 

 

PENTAX K-3 III Monochrome  //  HD PENTAX-DA16-50mmF2.8ED PLM AW  //  Focal length: 50mm (77mm 35 mm equiv.)  //  ISO400  // Exposure time: 1/800sec.  //  Aperture: F4.5  

 

 

 

I regret that I only had the camera for a short time. I would have liked to take it with me to Venice, or according to my photographic approach, to roam the streets of Paris with it to capture those very special atmospheric moments of this city ... "

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Comby is a welcome guest at the Ricoh Imaging Square gallery in Paris. His current exhibition " Balades urbaines" runs from 2 May - 10 June. Please feel free to drop by.

The Ricoh Imaging Square in Paris is a meeting place for many Pentax photographers, from France, and is also a popular place to visit when travelling.
Here friends of RICOH and PENTAX will find a large selection of products, and can visit constantly changing photo exhibitions.