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.
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
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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
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
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
lucky you! is it very big glass? never saw one 'in the flesh' so to
speak...
Daphne
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