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For the Vivitar 100mm or Kiron 105mm?

Are you selling or buying?

Comment by Mike-P posted on Vivitar 100 2,8 ka as good as kiron 105 2,8 ka? at 09/06/2009 - 17:53

mpg wrote:
The focus in kiron 105 is better?

I doubt it, As I said .. they are basically the same lens.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Vivitar 100 2,8 ka as good as kiron 105 2,8 ka? at 09/06/2009 - 17:42

22 is made by Kino (otherwise known as Kiron).
Very nice lens, wish I had never swapped mine even though it was for a Pentax D-FA 100mm f2.8 macro. Very heavy but built like a tank .. focus is a pain as it takes about 5 turns to get from one end to the other.

If its the one for sale on Pentaxforums then that looks a bit tatty to me, I would pay his asking price for a mint one but not the one he is selling.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Vivitar 100 2,8 ka as good as kiron 105 2,8 ka? at 09/06/2009 - 17:37

The Vivitar 100mm f2.8 I had was made by Kiron (You can tell by the serial number who made it) and is basically the same lens as the 105mm f2.8 Kiron/Vivitar series 1

Comment by Mike-P posted on Vivitar 100 2,8 ka as good as kiron 105 2,8 ka? at 09/06/2009 - 17:25

Always center spot (well 99% of the time), other 1% is manual selection.
Have never even tried auto tbh.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Which autofocus are you using? at 09/06/2009 - 14:17

Pentaxian

Comment by Mike-P posted on What type of camera are you? at 09/06/2009 - 14:01

womble wrote:

So posting the evidence on the web for all to see is not a good idea...?

What evidence, there is only a forum name and guesswork.
Anyway, everyone knows it goes on.

Comment by Mike-P posted on WANTED: Pentax AF adapter 1,7x at 09/06/2009 - 13:20

Maybe he undervalued it on the customs form and marked it as a gift.
The Chinese dealers are quite accomodating where that sort of thing is concerned

Comment by Mike-P posted on WANTED: Pentax AF adapter 1,7x at 09/06/2009 - 12:58

bforbes wrote:
Mine came from China and i had to pay U.K. VAT-£6 and £13 to the company that handled the VAT payment. do not know how it worked in Italy

That was actually quite reasonable, I thought it was more than that to import from outside the EU. Mine was a little cheaper but that seems to be the sort of price they are fetching now.

Comment by Mike-P posted on WANTED: Pentax AF adapter 1,7x at 08/06/2009 - 13:57

I caught my sensor with my rocket blower and put a ruddy great mark on it which shows from about f/13. I emailed the company that has taken over Pentax servicing yesterday for a quote and they came back this morning at £160 + vat. I am thinking I may as well leave it now and buy a K-7 sooner than expected, I have put up with the mark for about 6 months so Im sure a few more wont make any difference.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Professional Sensor Cleaning Advice at 08/06/2009 - 13:04

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