--- Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Fred, > > I just got a Vivitar Ser.I 24mm f/2.3, ser. no. > 2880,xxx. By those same > charts you reference in tha URL, I see that you can > add mine to your list: > You had: > > Vivitar Series 1 24-48/3.8 Auto Zoom > 22803xxx = Kino/Kiron, 1978 week 03, lens # xxx > > Mine is: > Same lens - > 2880xxx = made by Komine, Feb of '78. Less than 30 > made by them in that > serial number sequence, by the time mine was made.. > So, somewhere early in '78 Kino stopped manfacturing > and Komine took over. > I don't recall hearing about Komine's excellence (or > otherwise) of > manufacturing. > I've got to look up Komine... >
Cool! My 24-48 is s/n# 22808xxxx, which seems to mean Kiron/Kino, 1978, week 8 (february). Sounds like it was very near the end of the Kino run... Interesting stuff (for camera geeks <g>). cheers, frank ===== "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst" ******** "Of course it's all luck" -- Henri Cartier-Bresson ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
