This DSLR brand just discontinued its second camera in little over a year – and retailers' stocks are already empty

Hands holding a Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome camera with a lens. A red circle with white text states "No longer available".

Pentax remains the only major camera brand still focusing on DSLRs – but now the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome is no longer available. Not even three years after launch, the dedicated camera for black-and-white photography is marked as discontinued at major retailers, leaving photographers with fewer options than ever.

First, Ricoh ended the production of the Pentax K-3 Mark III in January 2025; now, its monochrome sibling has followed suit – a dedicated mono DSLR designed for photographers craving pixel-level detail without post-processing color conversions.