Ken Durling wrote:
Well, you're talking about one of the sharpest 35mm lenses ever there! Not really an in joke, since many people recognize Kiron lenses as top quality. Not only that, but much of the FD glass is as sharp if not sharper than its EF equivalent, like the 50/1.8. It's a lot of why I keep both kits, I've got lots of great glass at a fraction of the cost. I think other advances have been made in lens design, but not necessarily critical sharpness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Ken, I had that lens. It was an upgraded version of the legendary Vivitar Series 1 90mm F2.5 lens. The Kiron 105mm F2.8 did not need the extention tube to go 1:1 as did the Vivitar (which was made by Kiron). When I used the Kiron 105 all images were incredibly sharp. It was the ONLY lens that the owner of the lab where I had my developing done asked me what lens I was using when I picked up some slides. I explained it was a Kiron macro I had picked up recently and asked why. He replied "because I rarely have seen images that shar and detailed unless they were a larger format." Few macros or modern lenses can match the quality of the Kiron 105mm F2.8 macros. Its ashame Kiron is not longer in the SLR lens business. If you can find one grab it. It will put just about any macro to shame. Peter L * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
