Dosk wrote: > Saw: A Kiron lens for Pentax. 24mm, f2. ($69.00?) > Whatsit? Any good atall? Never heard of this brand before.... > Skip Kino Precision ( Kiron ) was a behind the scenes third-party manufacturer. They made lenses for Panagor ( and others? ), and the made many of the early Vivitar Series 1 lenses. In the late 70's early 80's they marketed a line of fairly expensive lenses under the Kiron brand name in the US & Canada. They made some very good lenses, the 24mm f2 is much in demand on eBay. I have one of their Zooms, a nice 70-210mm f4 with a 1.5x matched teleconverter, which leads me to... Zooms, In my previous photographic incarnation I was a "Prime Lens Until I Die Guy". The only Zoom I ever used was a borrowed Vivitar 70-210mm f3.8 Two-Touch. It was a true dog, not sharp at any focal length or aperture. Needless to say, I wasn't impressed. Put me off Zooms for decades. Now I carry a 35-70mm f4 zoom in my walk-around kit. I use it in addition to what ever prime is on the camera ( 24,28,50 or 55mm ), this works well for me. My $.02 worth. Mark Gosdin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
