Thanks Andre and Peter. Looks like it was a good buy. I love the M28/3.5, but I wanted something like this to take out at night...
j On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:07:39 -0500, Peter J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't actually handled one but *Robert Monaghan's 3rd party lens > megasite > http://medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html#kiron describes it as a good value. > > It is after all 1.5 stops faster than the m28/3.5 so at least in that > area you've gotten an improvement. > * > Juan Buhler wrote: > > >Has anyone used the Kiron 28mm f2? I was just at the B&H site getting > >an extra CF card (1GB, should be enough with the 2GB I have and the > >CompactDrive pd7x.) > > > >They had one of these in their used department for $80, which I > >ordered, after a brief googling of the lens seemed to indicate that it > >is at least passable. > > > >Anyone knows how it compares with the M28/3.5? I plan to use it on > >the istD, and/or give it to Rolling Red to use with her istDs. > > > >Thanks, > > > >j > > > > > > > > -- > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during > peacetime. > --P.J. O'Rourke > > -- Juan Buhler - SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches and Posters Chair http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://www.jbuhler.com/photoblog
