Originally posted by FreddyFrog I have a Miranda 28mm f2.8 MC Macro 49mm filter, 5 blades, PKA mount, s/n R96065409
- just wondered if and where this lens might fit in to "The Great Vivitar 28mm Bestiary"?
Being a Miranda it is not a Vivitar so it wouldn't fit I'm afraid. If someone else wants to do a listing of all the non-Vivitar lenses, well, be my guest. And you have my sympathy!
The reason we're so fixated on Vivitar is that they had some great glass makers building their lenses, marketed under the name Vivitar. Komine and Kiron are acknowledged as the two best.
Kiron did some lenses under their own name that turn out to be very similar to the Vivitars. So they are worth finding. Komine did not market under their own name.
The period in question is roughly the seventies and eighties. After that, even the Vivitars are spotty.
Hope this info helps!