[Michael Piziak]

The Jet Black K3 Mark III is now available to order in the U.S.

https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/pentax-k-3-mark-iii-jet-black-edition-b...cid=d4644d40d8

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1725399-REG/pentax_01212_k_3_mark_iii...981&

Want!

Also, it's available on Amazon for $1800
https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K-3-Mark-III-APS-C-Format/dp/B0BP2TXWZJ/ref=sr...8-de351f41cffb

The question is, is it worth the three or four hundred more than a new non jet black edition ?

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Last edited by Michael Piziak; 12-27-2022 at 02:46 PM.

[jgnfld]

Certainly wouldn't to me. But to each his/her own.

For example I have no "special edition" lenses. As well, for another example, I haven't bought a name brand desktop for decades. Every rig/upgrade has been homebrew or built at a local shop with almost no eye to external aesthetics. But again, to each his/her own.

Live and let live is a good credo to live by in the general run of cases. Like this very thread, for example.

[JASMAZ77]

Enough pettiness please! This is such a silly back-and-forth saying, all essentially saying the same thing but disagreeing on the choice of words. I see thread bans in someone's future if it continues.

really?

[Wheatfield]

really?

Really.

[ES JEFF]

Reminds me of the Gold Special LX. The material used to make the camera body and viewfinder cover wasn't designed to be plated with a precious metal. I have seen three of those offered for sale and they have some peel issues. Just hope Ricoh used a good quality paint. Fading black is pretty tacky!

[Michael Piziak]

Certainly wouldn't to me. But to each his/her own.

For example I have no "special edition" lenses. As well, for another example, I haven't bought a name brand desktop for decades. Every rig/upgrade has been homebrew or built at a local shop with almost no eye to external aesthetics. But again, to each his/her own.

Live and let live is a good credo to live by in the general run of cases. Like this very thread, for example.

I agree with you, but understand those that would pay out the extra $, especially if they had that kind of disposable income.

My mind wanders and thinks, a person could take a K3-iii and use some black finger nail polish to create their own Darth Vader camera - anyone even had that though cross their mind ??

Michael

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[UncleVanya]

I agree with you, but understand those that would pay out the extra $, especially if they had that kind of disposable income.

My mind wanders and thinks, a person could take a K3-iii and use some black finger nail polish to create their own Darth Vader camera - anyone even had that though cross their mind ??

That would be shiny not flat. But cool.

[Rush2112]

Now that I have two, my JB Edition will get babied a bit compared to my standard K3III. It's very limited in the states, and I'm surprised that they haven't sold out yet. It's really cool in person to finally have a camera without any logos telling you what does what or what brand it is. So many options to customize buttons and controls, this version then becomes very personal to you. It's all about memorization. No reminders on the outside of the camera on what does what, just connected to the camera by physical and mental memory both. I was hoping Nikon or Canon would do this one day, but that was a much bigger pipedream than Pentax doing it. If you think about how many digital SLR's that have been produced in total since the beginning, and that this version is the only one to ever to black everything out- that's a pretty neat thought. It's both a practical and collector consideration- which I dig.

[Alex645]

It's really cool in person to finally have a camera without any logos telling you what does what or what brand it is. I was hoping Nikon or Canon would do this one day, but that was a much bigger pipedream than Pentax doing it.

In some ways, with PENTAX blind debossed (and hard to read) it almost has the opposite effect of creating an interest for others to look at it. For various reasons, many photographers have DIY this with their cameras using either black tape or a black marker.

[Arjay Bee]

Just to share a little bit of history, an image of the K3 Prestige from nearly 10 years ago:



The aesthetic is similar. The lettering on the most used buttons has warn off but muscle memory takes over.

[Zygonyx]

Now that I have two, my JB Edition will get babied a bit compared to my standard K3III. It's very limited in the states, and I'm surprised that they haven't sold out yet. It's really cool in person to finally have a camera without any logos telling you what does what or what brand it is. So many options to customize buttons and controls, this version then becomes very personal to you. It's all about memorization. No reminders on the outside of the camera on what does what, just connected to the camera by physical and mental memory both. I was hoping Nikon or Canon would do this one day, but that was a much bigger pipedream than Pentax doing it. If you think about how many digital SLR's that have been produced in total since the beginning, and that this version is the only one to ever to black everything out- that's a pretty neat thought. It's both a practical and collector consideration- which I dig.

Nice set !

[K-Three]

this version is the only one to ever to black everything out

I guess the next step is a Vantablack version,
Wonder if it would over-expose everything, from sucking in all the light?