Gonz wrote:
I would be just as interesting if not more interesting to me to have the Bayer filter removed (is that even possible?). That would make for a cool B&W camera. don't know if the software would support this kind of image though (in raw).
My understanding is that the Bayer filter is actually part of the sensor, and can't be removed. It would gain you about 5dB in sensitivity, at the loss of the ability to apply virtual color filters in post processing.
I would be interested in seeing real-world comparisons between the Leica monochrome only body, and the color equivalent. With modern sensors, my suspicion is that there are very few situations where removing the Bayer filter would give a noticeable improvement, and a lot of times when not being able to tweak the contribution from the different channels in post would be a big detriment.
In short, by the time the dust settled, you would get better results for less overall cost, just selling the K-3 buying an off the shelf K-1 and converting to B&W in Post than you would converting the K-3. If you already have the K-1, I can't think of any advantage you would have by removing the Bayer on a K-3 for B&W.
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