Ricoh has announced the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome: a variant of its 25.7MP APS-C DSLR with no color filter array. The K-3 III monochrome gains all the usual benefits of removing the color filter: sharper images by avoiding the need for demosaicing and one stop better tonal quality than the color version, at any given ISO, because no light is being lost to filters.
The Ricoh GR III Diary Edition which was previously only available as part of a limited kit is now being offered as a standalone camera. The Diary Edition was the latest in a run of special edition versions of the camera that Ricoh originally launched in 2019.
The Ricoh GR III is a modern digital version of a pocket-sized APS-C camera much loved by pros and street photographers. This new version has the same design as the original, but swaps the first camera’s wide 28mm equivalent lens for a more natural 40mm angle of view.
Do you love street photography or are you just looking for a pocketable camera with a large 24Mpx APS-C sensor (the same size that you can find inside a …