>I can't say for sure who made it or when. Probably Kiron in the early to
>mid-eighties. I don't know why it is a varifocal lens, possibly to make
>it faster to use. Is it any good? I bought mine in the spring of
>eighty-seven (1987) and it has been one of my favorite zooms to use. A
>fairly fast zoom f/2.8~3.8 and used it for informal portraits and once a
>wedding. Everything came out great and with an eight bladed aperture the
>bokeh is nice. If you want a more rigorous analysis of the lens, check
>out Gary Reese's Len's Test Page:
>
Norman,
After I had used my wife's, I bought one too.
Michael Dodson
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