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[OM] Re: Vivitar/Kiron 28/2 questions

Subject: [OM] Re: Vivitar/Kiron 28/2 questions
From: priit@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:30:19 +0300 (EEST)

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I have the Kiron 28 f2.8 which is very nice.  As Chuck had informed me, 
> they were premium lenses, though their resale value hasn't seemed to 
> hold up.

Well, I think this is a good thing - not for people who are in the process 
of liquidating theirs of course..

> At the risk of stating the obvious, the faster lens will also provide a 
> brighter viewfinder and may be easier to focus as long it has reasonable 
> MTF wide open as it will have a narrower DOF.  I noticed the latter with 
> the Kiron compared to one of my slower nl range zooms which has terrible 
> MTF wide open.

I should have said, 'defeats half the purpose of using a faster lens' :) 
Bright is good. Not sure if this is more because of lack of carrots in the 
diet or low magnification but it's still a bit difficult to focus though.

priit.

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