The company actually made lenses for other names such as vivitar if i remember rightly. His lenses were the first to only cover the cornea of the eye, thus taking on the name corneal contact lens. Media in category kiron lenses the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. There are a significant number of lenses produced from the 1940s through the. Is it worth seeking out kiron and komine lenses on fleabay for use with my k200d. Best of kiron manual focus lenses m42 exakta carl zeiss. Soon after, in 1948, a californian optician, kevin touhy, made what was the precursor of the modern contact lens. Historical lenses social lens focuses on people and their. During the 1970s they began selling products under their own brand, so the makinon lenses entered the market. 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. All of these are at least as sharp, and usually sharper than regular lenses, even at infinity.
Curiously, in his notable book, a history of the photographic lens, rudolf. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. 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. Ive got 19 lenses between 24 and 30 and this old soligor just stands out, certainly in the third party lenses. Jul 03, 2004 a brief history of optical lenses, from h2g2, the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything.
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. Take a journey through time and discover the people and events that have brought us modern lenses. Angenieux invented the inverse telephoto concept with their first angenieux retrofocus lens. Get the best deals on kiron camera lenses for olympus when you shop the largest online selection at. For your device is available official mobile app all photo lenses from. Oct 26, 2003 kiron made some of the older vivitar series 1 manual focus lenses, but not all of them. A peoples history of the united states paperback by. 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.
References the other historian, however, could appro ach the event from an economical stance. Kiron lenses jul 22, 2007 hi, friday i bought a panagor 5mm2. The lens when was it invented, the little piece of glass that would change the world. Kiron kino precision back in the 1980s made many of the vivitar series 1 lenses, and were no way crap lens makers. Apocryphal data suggests this version was made by kino precision kiron in december, 1978. Kino precision industries, limited was founded in 1959 by tatsuo kataoka. Kiron made some of the older vivitar series 1 manual focus lenses, but not all of them. A history of the photographic lens rudolf kingslake. The company started out making lenses for 8mm movie cameras, available in the us under the. Kino precision was founded in 1959 by tatsuo kataoka to manufacture lenses for 8mm movie cameras. 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. These lenses were much lighter than the glassblown contacts that came before.
It is easy to read and covers hundreds of lenses in greater or lesser detail, with a useful index of lenses at the back. I own two of the 28mm f2 lenses, one in canon fd mount, one in nikon ai mount. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title kiron. 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. 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. From an early lens still being manufactured for use in lowcost cameras to designs made possible through such innovations as lens.
Kiron 70210mm f4 for nikon f mount in case with lens caps. Kiron lenses in reply to leopold jul 22, 2007 hi loepold. As such, kiron lenses produced during the 1980s were normally priced only slightly below lenses offered by the camera manufacturers themselves. The lens is generally the most expensive and least understood part of any camera. In the 1970s, vivitar introduced the series 1 lenses. Here are the best macro lenses for both general and macro photography. 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. Kino precision is a japanese manufacturer of lenses known primarily for their kiron brand and products manufactured for vivitar. Aug 17, 2006 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. These lenses nowadays have the widest distribution with over 90% market share. Get the best deals on kiron zoom macroclose up camera lenses when you shop the largest online selection at. Kiron zoom macroclose up camera lenses for sale ebay.
Get the lens you really want, since unlike cameras, good lenses are always a great investment. Download it and you will be able to work with the lens database is much faster and easier. A history of the photographic lens by rudolf kingslake. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Lenses have evolved over the years starting with the earliest lenses being made of emeralds. 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. The vivitar 70210mm series 1 is the classic of classics of thirdparty lenses.
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. Ive never had a problem with either one, and they are sharper than the ai nikkor 28mm lens ive owned and subsequently sold. The company was founded in 1967 and at first sold lenses to third party companies, such as vivitar or hanimex. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. 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. As regards the content, this book is an excellent introduction to the history of the photographic lens. 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. 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. The invention of the camera in the early 19th century led to an array of lens designs intended for photography.
A brief history of optical lenses, from h2g2, the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything. In my book the best people to deal with for camera equipment. 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. The company had a pretty strong lineup, ranging from 24mm to mm lenses, as well as a number of zooms.
Vivitar project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Buy kiron wide angle camera lenses and get the best deals. Fotodiox pro tlt rokr tiltshift lens mount adapter compatible with canon eos efefs dslr lenses to sony alpha emount mirrorless camera body. Minolta mdcustoms services and international tracking provided. Get the best deals on kiron camera lenses when you shop the largest online selection at. It seems to be in good condition and everything works. These lenses are termed corneoscleral lenses and they typically reach onto or just beyond the corneal limbus. Aug 01, 2007 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. The families are listed in roughly chronological order of introduction. Buy kiron camera lenses and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.