The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Kiron

Nikon D50 & Kiron 70-200mm f/4 zoom lens.

For a while the Kiron 70-210mm f/4 zoom lens fulfilled my telephoto needs. It was a 1980s product, a slide zoom, remarkably well built by a company started by ex-Nikon employees. Resolution was good, although I never tried it on full-frame, and as an APS-C camera uses only the middle bit of a full-frame lens like this, I never discovered if the edges were soft. I replaced it with an AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4, a lens made for less than a couple of years from 1986, and replaced by a slower, cheaper, and poorer resolving optic in 1988.

This picture was taken with a Vivitar 70-150mm f/3.8 Ai push-pull zoom lens attached to a Nikon D50 and involved the usual exposure guesswork. I believe these Vivitar zooms were made under contract by Kiron, which, for those in the know, is a badge of excellence. This lens is very similar to the Nikon E Series 75-150mm f/3.5 lens, said to have been outsourced to Kiron for its production. There is also a Kiron model, which is a 70-150mm f/4. All are excellent.

Photographed with a Kiron 70-210mm f/4 Macro Zoom on a Nikon D50.