I have the Kiron made Vivitar 24/2.0 in K-mount which I like a lot. Sharp enough for me (that professionally acceptable thing again) even wide open. BTW on DSLR that would be the equivalent of the 35/2.0 that is my most used lens on the film cameras. Now if someone wants to donate an istD (or a K10D for that matter) I will gladly deal with the green button kludge <grin>.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Powell Hargrave wrote: > Don't know how good the Pentax is but I have three Vivitar/Kiron 28/2 > lenses and all quite different. All had sticky diaphragms which were > easily fixed and so came quite cheap. > First is soft but usable at f2, cleans up nicely at 2.8 and is quite good > through the range. > Second is worse at f2 and needs 4 to 5.6 to get good. > Third is horrible wide open and isn't sharp until f8 but is the sharpest > lens at 11 & 16. Go figure! > I'm keeping the first. Any offers for the other two? > > Powell > > >> Hmm. I think I want the A28/2 as well. Much more practical than the >> Vivitar, although I wonder which is better. We may never know. >> Paul > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
