Ashtray - Pentax 200mm FA 2.8
I don't normally talk about the camera equipment I use for the photos on this blog, mainly because I personally don't like photos where the first question you ask is "oh, what did you use for that?" - where the characteristics of the lens are the first thing you notice. However if you want a particular type of shot, then you often need a particular piece of equipment.
I bought a second-hand 200mm Pentax FA F2.8 telephoto recently. At 300mm in old money on my K-7 it's quite a long lens, and some people might be surprised to know that one of the things I intend to use it for is landscapes. The other is sports, or action photography. However I quite like exploiting its narrow DOF, and its ability to reach otherwise inaccessible objects. (The statue of Queen Victoria recently is a case in point). It's an old auto focus lens designed for film cameras, but very well regarded, and the in-camera anti-shake system of the Pentax helps counter balance the problems of hand-held telephoto shots.
(Je vais faire un tour sur tes autres photos....)
It would have been interesting to see what would have come out of the G11! :-)