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Re:Pentax K-3 III Monochrome: A DSLR Just for B&W Photo Lovers by NegativeK on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @12:25PM (#37394032)
I don't think that's a disagreement with their point.

Most people aren't limited by sharpness in sensor with a color filter, so the loss of the choice of mapping to greyscale is more limiting. That's the tradeoff GP comment is referencing.

Re:Pentax K-3 III Monochrome: A DSLR Just for B&W Photo Lovers by Hooray_Darakian on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @12:33PM (#37394202)
> A colour sensor captures more information

Was the part I was keying in on. A filter will reject more light and in a sense captures less information. I 100% agree that most people are not limited in sharpness, but I wanted to share why someone might care about a sensor like this