[Leica] IMG: Red

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Henning,

I believe you are correct. Kiron did make it. I had the optical
extension tube. It came it its own separate case. The lens did have a
propensity to flare. Most of the time I used a dark background and no
back lighting. 

DaveR

-----Original Message-----
From: Henning Wulff [mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:24 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: Red

I think that lens was also produced by Kiron. That's the one with the 
optical unit in the extension tube, isn't it? Like many earlier 
designs by Kiron, it's only failing is a propensity to flare.

My favourite current macro lens in the 100mm range is the 105/2.8 
Kiron which goes to 1:1. A truly excellent lens. I got it after the 
Nikon 105/2.8 came out and it turned out to be less than stellar, and 
certainly less than the 105/4.





At 12:49 PM -0500 1/15/09, David Rodgers wrote:
>Henning,
>
>One of my first big photographic expenditures was a Vivitar Series One
>90 Macro. I made lots of money with that lens shooting bugs for Ortho
>Lawn & Garden books and literature. It was a gem of a lens. After a few
>years of storage I decided to use it. Internal lenses had separated.
The
>gem became a rhinestone. It also became a round for a potato mortar. It
>fit perfectly in the tube and was quite aerodynamic. More details in my
>upcoming blog/photo essay, "Creative uses for lenses once they have
>outlived their photographic lives!"
>
>DaveR
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Henning Wulff [mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:46 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Red
>
>>A full frame, un-cropped, blossom photo taken with the D700 and
>>70-180mm micro-Nikkor.
>>
>><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Longwood/Red.jpg.html>
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/8kw6fn
>>
>>And here is a link describing this hard to find lens.
>>
>><http://www.momentcorp.com/review/nikkor_70-180mm.html>
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/94vyo3
>>
>>Len
>>
>
>Hi Len,
>
>I love the colour of the lilies; I've seen that rust colour and it's
>very special.
>
>The write-up is interesting since I had a chance to use one of those
>lenses for a while some years ago when it was in production. There
>was another macro-zoom, the Vivitar 90-180mm Flat Field, with
>somewhat lesser specs but also outstandingly sharp, but rather large
>and heavy. It was made by Kiron, as were most of Vivitar's best
>lenses.
>
>http://www.mflenses.com/index.php/Vivitar/Vivitar-90-180mm-flat-field-f
4
>.5-Lens-Review.html
>
>http://tinyurl.com/a467b2
>
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