This image just shows what the bokeh is like. Very nice. It took me a couple of tries to get that flower in focus though. The next post tomorrow will show a similar image to this one.

A word of advice with these older lenses, don't let the sun get too close to the front of the lens, you will lose contrast. I've experienced this with quite a few of the 135mm lenses and I've still got a couple to test. They all experience the same thing. If you have the sun behind you then the image quality is excellent. See the image in todays post. You can get this lens for very little and there are a lot of them out there on the market.

Back to using manual focus lenses again. This is one I've been trying to test for months now but didn't have the time to do it. Very compact, very good build quality and in nearly perfect condition. If you want to see more images from this lens there is a small gallery here. It can deliver some very pleasing images but you will have to get used to focusing. The longer the focal length the less the depth of field. You focusing has to be good. I'm still practicing.

This is the last of the kit lens images for now. Just in passing, the last five posts were taken with the Nex-7 which produces some beautiful images. That really is a wonderful sensor Sony built into it.

This is an image that I would be very careful in taking when I know that the lens I'm using could possibly cause some problems. Here I just knew that I would get a nice clean sharp image. I did too, and the colours are pretty much perfect from what I can remember. What amazes me even more is the performance that this has on the Nex-7.

When you know you have a good lens I think it really helps you in being bolder with your photography. You tend to take photographs of things you would normally be hesitant in taking. It boost your moral and your confidence goes through the roof. That's what I believe anyway.

I was surprised to find that the lens did so well. From the reports I had read regarding the first copies I was quite hesitant about ordering one. Either Sony have done something to the design or have tightened their quality control. I have also read that later copies are indeed better than the earlier ones.