A few more



Wet leaves by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Raindrops on leaf IX by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Raindrops on leaf X by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

I had to look that up as I've never heard of it, but there are no holes in the image...

I have a third-party one that I bought on Amazon I think with two batteries. The batteries were cr*p but the charger still works fine and I don't think it takes longer than my Pentax one.

DSTE is the brand and I bought it in 2014.

One of my favourite things to do with the K-3 and DA 35mm Limited is to take photographs of raindrops on leaves. This can be done while it's still raining (I've never had a problem even though the DA 35mm is not weather-sealed) or just after, though if the sun comes out afterwards then that may drastically increase the contrast and dynamic range in the small scene and lead to many blown-out highlights in the raindrops. Focusing can be tricky and it's important not to over-expose or over-brighten which may reduce the lovely green tones that can be achieved. I like to shoot at f/2.8 or f/4 so that not much is in focus and I feel the images get a nice 3D feel to them.

These are from the other day while it was still drizzling.



Raindrops on leaf II by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Raindrops on leaf IV by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Raindrops on leaf by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr



Raindrops on leaf VIII by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

I saw them in a shop on Tuesday already for sale.

I thought that was the most likely one. I took an M 28mm f/3.5 on my honeymoon to Cambodia and Vietnam in 2011 but I didn't shoot film back then so I just used it on my K200D.

Nice. I always like to take a little film SLR on holiday wherever possible.

I think you might mean SMC-M 28mm f/3.5 as there were no M series 24mm lenses. Or maybe a K series 24/3.5?

Very nice images. The 16-85mm is the best Pentax landscape lens I've used.

I think this is a fairly common issue with this lens, I've read about it several times.

When I saw the price yesterday my eyes just about popped out of my head and I spent the next five minutes repeating to myself:

"Five. Hundred. Dollars. For a guess-focus half-frame camera..."

Making it half-frame is a big mistake as it seriously limits the quality it can achieve. Making it guess-focus is another mistake for the same reason. And now the price is out by at least a factor of five.

I will most certainly be sticking to my old film SLRs.