Well I say walk, felt closer to skiing or ice skating at some points!

All images with the K3iii Monochrome and the Pentax-DFA 70-210 F/4.0

1. Starr - definitely in her element



2. Lone Walker



3. The George and Dragon, had it been our evening walk we may well have popped in.



4. The Frozen 4. While most of the cattle have been taken into the barns, the sheep remain out in the fields



5. Alfresco Breakfast

I can definitely identify with spending unreasonable amounts of money on under used kit. Not all blunders but certainly not a sensible use of funds
and this post made me squirm with the knowledge that I am equally guilty.

I suspect because very few of us would buy one. Why purchase something you already have embedded in your smartphone? To my knowledge the only major camera maker in the phone market is Sony and over the past few years they seem yo have been losing ground to the likes of Samsung.
I rarely use the camera on my Samsung smartphone, for me it feels an awkward way to capture images - but my young granddaughters are perfectly at ease with using a phone and find a camera difficult to use.

Completely agree.
I do have a high end android phone with a great camera, but there is little joy in using it to capture the images I like best - no joy, no hobby!

Another brilliant set Adam. Image 2 just took my breath away, absolutely beautiful

Thanks Graham. In the past I have used a Minolta Dimage and CanoScan scanners with great results. Currently I am using a Plustek 35mm scanner which is pretty good but lacks some of the bells and whistles of the Minolta but is very similar to my old Canon scanner.
The Minolta had a motorised feed which was great for batches of Slides or complete negative strips, unfortunately it only had a SCSI interface so became redundant as I upgraded my computer.

That is a definite - I make the same promise to myself each year to do more but seem to achieve less!!

Snap!

Rather than getting something new it would be great to get my Silver K3iii back from the repairer - 5 months and still waiting on parts from Pentax. So maybe the best present would be for Pentax / Ricoh to up their customer service provision in Europe

Nice documentary set. First image caught my attention because of family connections with Port Seton (my Uncle, John Brown, was a fish merchant in Port Seton )
Out of interest which scanner didi you use?

I could not put it better.
I have been in constant awe of your astro images and have always enjoyed your comments and insights on the forum.
Best wishes for the future

Agreed.
I do have a soft spot for the 135mm focal length, probably because it was the most affordable tele lens when I started out
I still have a copy of the Pentax A 135mm, but along with my other A and M series lenses it probably does not get enough camera time.