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I would, I am using the Vivitar 100mm over the Tamron 90mm that I also bought on Ebay at the moment.
I just find it So much sharper and the colours seem much better.

Even if you don't use it yourself it must be worth doing :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280229320344&a...

That wasn't a PKA mount either.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Ebay prices, its a lottery at 29/05/2008 - 17:04

I had to join the Yahoo Kiron group to find out what exactly it was as I couldn't find anything about it on Google and this is the reply :

Quote: it is Kino made, derived from the Kiron 105mm f/2.8 macro, and sold by Vivitar for about two years before it was given a face lift and re-presented as the Series 1 105mm f/2.5.

Another Kiron Vivitar I bought, has never been used from the look of it and was rather cheap : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300223465489&a...

Comment by Mike-P posted on Ebay prices, its a lottery at 29/05/2008 - 16:36

My best buy on Ebay so far is. (My second account)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=370048369825&a...

In the bundle, hidden away was this lens.
Click on photo for larger image.

Excuse the dodgy focusing, was in a hurry to go out.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Ebay prices, its a lottery at 29/05/2008 - 14:57

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170212223434&a...

Theres one I bought a few weeks ago.

Nice little lens.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Ebay prices, its a lottery at 28/05/2008 - 13:44

Just a few of them straightened up and re processed.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Down on the beach .. and not a macro shot in sight. at 23/05/2008 - 12:38

Quote:
You also need to clean your sensor!!

Waiting for a rocket blower to arrive.
I decided to put in a split screen focus from ebay as all of my macro lenses are manual focus and once done realised I had loads of dust in there.
After all that I then took it out as it was truly awfull, the top part of the split kept going really dark.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Down on the beach .. and not a macro shot in sight. at 23/05/2008 - 10:06

Cheers, will redo them today, I was in a bit of a hurry to get them done and this morning some of them do look a little overcooked. I'm starting to get used to the camera but the processing afterwards is another thing entirely as I suppose it just a matter of taste and not everyones is the same.
Also I see what you mean about the horizon being crooked and not sure about the frames?

Comment by Mike-P posted on Down on the beach .. and not a macro shot in sight. at 23/05/2008 - 08:56

Not a bug, fly, spider or locust in sight, just some shots from down on the beach today.
Pentax K10D, Tamron 28-300mm DI LF lens and Tamron 1.4X Teleconverter.