Vivitar 28-85mm f2.8-3.8

[robar]

made by kiron. a very highly rated lens. three shots, 100% crop, all wide open f2.8, 28mm, 50mm, 85mm. in the shade.

[Attila]

No comment ! Kiron ! I never seen bad lens from Kiron just good one and better! One of may favourite brand is Kiron.

[robar]

should i keep it?

[Attila]

or send to me LOL

[robar]

i'll need to keep it for awhile. this will be my walk around lens

[Attila]

Good decision, this is a good lens keep it for ever.

[Russ]

[Russ]

Just a couple of Kiron pics.

Kiron Kid

[Russ]

Attila

How do I attach photos? I've tried it wice now, and twice, it hasn't worked

Russ (Kiron Kid)

[Attila]

Paste image url here and I will fix it, to show you how does it work.

[img]http://yourimg.url[/img]

[LucisPictor]

Series I or not, the lens seems to be a good one.

I have got a Sigma 28-85 which also is a fascinating zoom lens.
It seems that this focal length range was good to calculate.

[Orio]

I think I have become too much of a purist. Since I started to seriously photograph manual, I can not touch a zoom anymore. I always long for the best picture quality, and when I zoom, any zoom, I can't but think "if I used my best prime in this range, I would take a so much better picture".

From my point of view, I actually consider less of a compromise to use an autofocus prime lens than a manual zoom. I can always manually focus an autofocus lens, but I can not "de-zoom" a zoom lens.

In the last months I have sold many of my zoom lenses. I only have 4 left: a Sigma 10-20, AF, that I use on the 400D to obtain super wide angle FOV; the kit lens for the 400D, which I keep for possible resale of the camera; The Tamron 18-200, which I keep in case I need to go someplace where I can not take a photo bag with me. and finally, a Sigma Delta 55-200, old manual zoom with Nikkor mount, that I keep only because I can not sell it and because I have sweet memories related to it.

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[Russ]

[Orio]

[robar]

i'm just kidding. it's a great walk around lens

the 29-105
i have a kiron and a series 1.. both have problems. the vivitar's glass is great but the barrel that that has the aperture in it has a lot of wobble in it. i think it was dropped. is there an easy fix?

the kiron has haze on the interior lens. it doesn't look like fungus that i've seen but it is all over it. it still takes a pretty good image tho.

[robar]

i'm just kidding. it's a great walk around lens

the 28-105
i have a kiron and a series 1.. both have problems. the vivitar's glass is great but the barrel that that has the aperture in it has a lot of wobble in it. i think it was dropped. is there an easy fix?

the kiron has haze on the interior lens. it doesn't look like fungus that i've seen but it is all over it. it still takes a pretty good image tho.

[Russ]

[Attila]

@Kiron Kid,

Wikipedia has no article about Kiron ! I started to write a lens list can you finish it with a little about their history ?

[Russ]

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[Russ]

[amedow]

Just picked one up last month. Seems pretty good. Vivitar Series 1 version for a Nikon. Sample picture:

[Screamin Scott]

"A teacher, me? Wow! What a compliment. And everyone else considers me a knucklehead... "

Everyone knows your a knucklehead KK.... {;.)

Actually, KK was the one who let me know, years ago, about my Dine lens which I had just inherited from my Father in Law...I had, up to that point, never heard of a Lester A Dine 105 macro...

[Russ]