An attempt has been made to break down the vivitar lenses by family, that is, a group of lenses that were marketed together for a period of time. Although reasonably priced for the level of quality offered, kiron manual focus lenses were never economylevel products, and were always made and assembled in japan. Historical lenses social lens focuses on people and their. Kiron zoom macroclose up camera lenses for sale ebay. For your device is available official mobile app all photo lenses from. Soon after, in 1948, a californian optician, kevin touhy, made what was the precursor of the modern contact lens. Kiron advertising gatefold brochure 24mm f2, 28mm f2, and other kiron lenses.
The company started out making lenses for 8mm movie cameras, available in the us under the kinotel brand name. Aug 17, 2006 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Kino precision was founded in 1959 by tatsuo kataoka to manufacture lenses for 8mm movie cameras. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Apocryphal data suggests this version was made by kino precision kiron in december, 1978. Kiron made some of the older vivitar series 1 manual focus lenses, but not all of them. Kiron lenses were photographic lenses distributed by the kiron corporation, formerly based in carson, california, united states. These lenses were much lighter than the glassblown contacts that came before. Here are the best macro lenses for both general and macro photography. The vivitar 70210mm series 1 is the classic of classics of thirdparty lenses. Angenieux invented the inverse telephoto concept with their first angenieux retrofocus lens.
Vivitar project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. The families are listed in roughly chronological order of introduction. The problems of photographic lens design, creating a lens for a task that would cover a large, flat image plane, were well known even before the invention of photography due to the development of lenses to work with the focal plane of the camera obscura. In a few cases, the phonetic english translation of their japanese name, kino seimitsu kogyo k. I havent purchased it yet, as it looked like it had been sitting on that shelf for some time and i wanted to find out some information about it first. The history of the singlelens reflex camera slr begins with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura described in 1676, but it took a long time for the design to succeed for photographic cameras. Some kiron lenses also appear to be identical to vivitar series 1 lenses, for example the kiron 105mm f2. Kiron kino precision back in the 1980s made many of the vivitar series 1 lenses, and were no way crap lens makers. Media in category kiron lenses the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Macro setting is on the 28mm end of the zoom for close focus capabi.
Get the lens you really want, since unlike cameras, good lenses are always a great investment. The company started out making lenses for 8mm movie cameras, available in the us under the. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. Best of kiron manual focus lenses m42 exakta carl zeiss. In doing so, you see that you have created a set of lenses for yourself or you have appropriated a set of lenses for yourself.
Kiron 70210mm f4 for nikon f mount in case with lens caps. A peoples history of the united states paperback by. These lenses nowadays have the widest distribution with over 90% market share. From an early lens still being manufactured for use in lowcost cameras to designs made possible through such innovations as lens. Jul 03, 2004 a brief history of optical lenses, from h2g2, the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The development of contact lenses is still ongoing, and we have seen a number of new inventions since the early seventies, making lenses more and more comfortable, while more and more effective. In this book, rudolf kingslake traces the historical development of the various types of lenses from daguerres invention of photography in 1839 through lenses commonly used today. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title kiron. Get the best deals on kiron camera lenses for olympus when you shop the largest online selection at. The company was founded in 1967 and at first sold lenses to third party companies, such as vivitar or hanimex.
The company actually made lenses for other names such as vivitar if i remember rightly. During the 1970s they began selling products under their own brand, so the makinon lenses entered the market. Get the best deals on kiron camera lenses when you shop the largest online selection at. As regards the content, this book is an excellent introduction to the history of the photographic lens. In the 1970s, vivitar introduced the series 1 lenses. The lens is generally the most expensive and least understood part of any camera. It is easy to read and covers hundreds of lenses in greater or lesser detail, with a useful index of lenses at the back. It seems to be in good condition and everything works. A history of the photographic lens by rudolf kingslake. There are a significant number of lenses produced from the 1940s through the. He or she may highlight the how the bomb impacted much of japans economy, where by the bomb destroyed the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people and set japan into economic.
A brief history of optical lenses, from h2g2, the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything. These lenses are termed corneoscleral lenses and they typically reach onto or just beyond the corneal limbus. Kino precision is a japanese manufacturer of lenses known primarily for their kiron brand and products manufactured for vivitar. As such, kiron lenses produced during the 1980s were normally priced only slightly below lenses offered by the camera manufacturers themselves. Lenses have evolved over the years starting with the earliest lenses being made of emeralds.
Ive never had a problem with either one, and they are sharper than the ai nikkor 28mm lens ive owned and subsequently sold. Minolta mdcustoms services and international tracking provided. Buy kiron camera lenses and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Fotodiox pro tlt rokr tiltshift lens mount adapter compatible with canon eos efefs dslr lenses to sony alpha emount mirrorless camera body. A history of the photographic lens rudolf kingslake. Oct 26, 2003 kiron made some of the older vivitar series 1 manual focus lenses, but not all of them.
Kiron lenses in reply to leopold jul 22, 2007 hi loepold. The company had a pretty strong lineup, ranging from 24mm to mm lenses, as well as a number of zooms. Aug 01, 2007 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Process lenses with very small apertures do not tend to provide high resolution, so some of these exotic nikkors tend to be very fast like f1. Is it worth seeking out kiron and komine lenses on fleabay for use with my k200d. Hidden in the archives of the ronald reagan presidential library for more than a decade, the writings contained in reagan, in his own hand redefine the way we think about american history of the past quarter century and about the fortieth american president. His lenses were the first to only cover the cornea of the eye, thus taking on the name corneal contact lens. They seem to be regarded by many as being a cutabove most other third party lens manufacturers and by repute above some lenses produced by oem camera makers too. Arnab i mean are all the kiron lenses the same quality at the 105 or the 105 is just an exception. The lens when was it invented, the little piece of glass that would change the world. References the other historian, however, could appro ach the event from an economical stance.
Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Ive got 19 lenses between 24 and 30 and this old soligor just stands out, certainly in the third party lenses. Ponder and best were the first to gain acceptance for lenses. Get the best deals on kiron zoom macroclose up camera lenses when you shop the largest online selection at.
Kiron lenses jul 22, 2007 hi, friday i bought a panagor 5mm2. Kino precision industries, limited was founded in 1959 by tatsuo kataoka. Jan 01, 1989 the lens is generally the most expensive and least understood part of any camera. Curiously, in his notable book, a history of the photographic lens, rudolf. Kiron lenses looked expensive, as they have the shiny exterior finish of vivitar series 1 lenses of the time, although often the optics are identical to vivitar lenses. Like many vivitar lenses, it was made for vivitar by fourth parties, and its design varied over the years. Download it and you will be able to work with the lens database is much faster and easier. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. Take a journey through time and discover the people and events that have brought us modern lenses. All of these are at least as sharp, and usually sharper than regular lenses, even at infinity. I own two of the 28mm f2 lenses, one in canon fd mount, one in nikon ai mount. The invention of the camera in the early 19th century led to an array of lens designs intended for photography. In my book the best people to deal with for camera equipment. Buy kiron wide angle camera lenses and get the best deals.
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