Re: What's a Kiron?
Here's a page that contains a great deal of information about third party lenses with a sort of history since the 50's and 60's Kiron is mentioned as a good manufacturer. http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/third/index.html --- dosk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw: A Kiron lens for Pentax. 24mm, f2. ($69.00?) Whatsit? Any good atall? Never heard of this brand before Skip - 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 . __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ - 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 .
Re: What's a Kiron?
58mm filter hey? should be the size of a good old Pentax SMC-K prime then..something like the 20mm f-4, or the 18mm perhaps? well, I'll just wait for your comments upon receiving it then :-) Daphne - 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 .
Re: What's a Kiron?
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:47:40 -0500, you wrote: Saw: A Kiron lens for Pentax. 24mm, f2. ($69.00?) Whatsit? Any good atall? Never heard of this brand before Skip I'll take it, if you don't want it. Kiron lenses were made by Kino Precision Optics. They were a third party manufacturer. Some (but not all) of the Vivitar Series I lenses were made by Kiron. I suppose Kiron made lenses about as good as anyone in their day. I have a couple of Kiron zooms now, and recently got another and a 1.5x TC. All my Kiron lenses have very good build quality. In my limited experience, Kiron's build quality was equivalent to comparable Pentax lenses, and certainly equal or better than similar third party lenses by Sigma, Tokina, and Tamron. I would not hesitate to get a Kiron 24/2 for $69, assuming it does not have any major defects. That price is dirt cheap for any 24mm lens - and really a bargain for two reasons: first, the Kiron 24/2 lens is probably good enough to keep for awhile, and, second, f2 is plenty fast for a 24mm lens. -- Happy Trails, Texdance http://members.fortunecity.com/texdance http://members1.clubphoto.com/john8202 - 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 .
Re: What's a Kiron?
Thanks John, Daphne, and Mark for responding to my questions about the Kiron 24/2 lens. I'd been looking for a fast WA and found this one on Ken-Mar Camera's web site; they're a shop located in Long Island NY. (The web site itself I initially got from their ad in Shutterbug mag.) The lens is listed in "excell+" shape, and the shop guy on the phone said they were practically giving it away for that price. I hope he's right, because I never expected to get a 24/2 for anything even near that price! (Pentax's FA 24/2, which is supposed to be very good, costs $400, and is a little rich for my blood...) Sometimes we just get lucky, I guess. But thanks for telling me about it. I might not have bought it but for your encouraging information... Skip I'll take it, if you don't want it. All my Kiron lenses have very good build quality. In my limited experience, Kiron's build quality was equivalent to comparable Pentax lenses, and certainly equal or better than similar third party lenses by Sigma, Tokina, and Tamron. I would not hesitate to get a Kiron 24/2 for $69, assuming it does not have any major defects. That price is dirt cheap for any 24mm lens - and really a bargain for two reasons: first, the Kiron 24/2 lens is probably good enough to keep for awhile, and, second, f2 is plenty fast for a 24mm lens. -- Happy Trails, Texdance http://members.fortunecity.com/texdance http://members1.clubphoto.com/john8202 - 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 . - 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 .
Re: What's a Kiron?
lucky you! is it very big glass? never saw one 'in the flesh' so to speak... Daphne - 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 .
