> anybody uses this lens? How does it compare to SMC A 70-210 and > VS1 70-210/3.5? Does a price of $75 sound fair for one in > mint-/exc++ condition? The reason I'm asking is it's much more > compact than the VS1 I have, and it looks as a nice 2nd walkaround > lens.
I have no experience with one of these, �ukasz, but I just happened to be throwing out a few old Modern Photo magazines from 1983 and 1984 yesterday (after first clipping out the articles, reviews, and advertisements of interest to me), and I seemed to remember a test of some Kiron 70-210/4 being in one of them. Sure enough, when I just now dug out the magazine carcasses from the rubbish barrel, there was indeed a test of of a Kiron 70-210/4 that has a "zoom lock" on its zoom/focus ring (in the November, 1983, issue). If that's the specific lens that you're interested in (I don't offhand know if Kiron has had more than one 70-210 zoom or not), then I'll provide the relevant details from the review for you - just please let me know. Fred - 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 .
