Kiron 28mm f2 Photo Samples

Kiron made some very nice wide and mini-wide angle lenses in variety of mounts. Two of my favourites are 24mm f2 and 28mm f2. Being consumer grade lenses, these little gems do not have the sharpest corners but much better than the zooms of the same era. I have two or three 28mm f2 in different mounts and they all suffer from oil getting into the aperture blades.  My 24mm f2 is now so bad that the aperture blades are all stuck. This is a common problem for Kiron lenses and you may want to make sure yours does not have a stuck aperture.  I won't consider a little bit of oil on the blade is a deal breaker if the aperture can be opened and closed smoothly, but if you see excess amount, sooner or later, you will have problems.

Aside from the oil issue, there is much to love about this lens. It's very well built and small, and it focuses smoothly. Optically very good for just a little bit of money.

Converging lines - Kiron 28mm f2 [MD] & Sony NEX-6. Click for larger.

Yellow and Red - Kiron 28mm f2 [MD] & Sony NEX-6. Click for larger.

The old soap factory - Kiron 28mm f2 [MD] & Sony NEX-6. Click for larger.

Sunset in the city - Kiron 28mm f2 [MD] & Sony NEX-6

Photo Book Update

I don't know how to say this, but the book I have been working on is gone. The pictures that I picked for the book are still here, but the design has vanished. It's another lesson learned. It all started with my user profile in Windows that got corrupted (again) and I wasn't able to log back in Windows any more. I reinstalled Windows on a new drive, but kept the old boot drive in the system so that I can copy the files to the new drive. Everything worked as expected, and I downloaded and installed BookSmart on the new drive, and that's when things got screwed up. For some reason, when BookSmart is being installed, it searched for existing installations of the itself, and found the old copy on my old boot drive, and install wiped out the files there. Book is gone. I had a copy I exported, but BookSmart wouldn't import it back.

Partly, this is my fault. I should have finished it long ago but didn't. I should have taken better care to backup the files, but assumed too much. I will redo the book, but this time, I will just make it simple with pictures only. I don't think I can go through and redo all the writings I did for each lens.

Rain drops - NEX-6 & Kiron 28mm f2 [MD Mount] @ f2. Click for larger.

Flare

Fare -- G1 & Kiron 28mm f2 @ f2. Larger Picture.

Here's Looking at Ya

Drive By Shooting from car window -- G1 & Kiron 28mm f2. Larger Picture.

I really starting to like the Kiron wide angle fast primes. I have tried the OM mount 24mm f2, which is a great lens, and two 28mm f2 (one FD, and one MD mount). All are great lenses.