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The Ultimate B&W Scanning Machine?

Scanning black and white film with the Pentax K-3 III Monochrome

Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared on Pentax Forums.

The New Golden Age of Black and White Photography article showed how much detail is lost by the Bayer color array and its accompanying deBayering process. Afterwards I got to wondering: all that’s wasted when scanning Black & White film. Could that make monochrome cameras the Ultimate Black & White scanning machines? Let’s take a look!

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