Now for a few Pentax 135 f3.5 images. For me personally, winter is a time when my photography slows down somewhat. I much prefer all the other seasons to this one mainly because of the bleakness of the landscape and there is a real lack of colour. I may like monchrome images but I tend to see in colour. I'm sure there are people out there that can identify with this.

I really like using the Pentax manual lenses because they really handle well and the construction is tip-top. It is also one of the smallest 135mm lenses available. I'm starting to ask myself if I prefer using these lenses on the Alpha cameras or on the Nex system. Presently I prefer the Nex system but that may change. I still have to get used to these cameras and I'll have to take a few thousand images before I get to know the Alphas well. That is a statement for all new cameras. Anybody that returns a camera after a week or so use and having only taken a few hundred photographs are making a big mistake in my opinion. Having said that, a camera might have a big flaw in it for some people which they know they can't get over. Understandable. The only camera I returned was the Panasonic GX7, not for any major flaw but because the EVF wasn't centered or was faulty. I just couldn't get the EVF sharp from corner to corner. If the center was sharp the corners were not and vice versa. Otherwise it was really a nice camera, small, responsive and it really fitted well in my small hands.

What attracted me to the above image was the moss, being backlit and had a certain glow to it. I think this image is a little small to see but I can assure you, seen at full size it's much more prominent. Contrast is a little low which is something often encountered with these older lenses. The sun was just out of frame at the top of the image.