Raimo Korhonen wrote: Pop Photo has tested the Rikenon in February 1984 issue - it seems to be OK in the center but not so good in the corners at 28 mm and 100 mm. I did not find the words "a metal-barreled beauty" in the report, though.
Raimo, The phrase appeared in a passing mention of the lens in the magazine's long review of the XR-M camera. Or maybe it was the XR-M review in Modern Photography. I'm sorry to hear about the Rikenon's performance problems in the corners at 28 and 100mm. It seems that it's hard for a lens maker to escape such problems in a lens of these specs. Maybe that's why Ricoh introduced such a similar lens with more modest specs (28-105 f/3.5-4.5). Even the Vivitar Series One 28-105 f/2.8-3.8 is said to vignette nearly two stops when wide open at 28mm. The Vivitar (Series One?) 28-90 f/2.8-3.5 and the Kiron 28-85 (f/2.8-f/3.5?) seem to receive more consistently high marks. There's a Kiron 28-105 f/3.2 to 4.5 on U.S. EBay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1342735747 It's a PKA mount. But a fixed aperture is more convenient for use with a manual-exposure camera like my KX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
