jay bee Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Anyone have any experience, insight, etc with the Kobalux 21/2.8 or 28/3.5? Not even sure what the price difference is, but wanted to know if its even worth investigating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Here is a website with some info, including photos made with the 21mm lens.<a href="http://www.kobalux.com/k21-3.html"> Kobalux 21mm info </a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 kobalux has been around for along time. the 21 (current version) is a shockingly good and well built lens for the money (c.$400). it is available through adorama last time i checked. voigtlander stole a lot of their thunder when they launched their series of w.a. LTM lenses. i think the build quality and optics of the current kbalux lenses is slightly better than the cosina/voigt counterparts. an old kobalux lens, often converted to m mount, is the 85mm. a great lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_schank Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 I used the 28--it was a good lens but I didn't like the 1 meter minimum focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles barcellona www.bl Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Keep in mind that the Adorama one is the 2nd gen, not the current 3rd gen. Dante has the list of improvements (and build quality) from 2nd to 3rd gens. on his website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven_fong1 Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 The 2nd generation 21/2.8 is a fabulous lens, with almost no distortion and sharp to the corners even wide open. My only gripe is that the aperture click stop at full units instead of the more useful half stop, but you can still shoot at half stop even without the click stops. Another drawback is the minimum focus of 1m but can very often be overcome with DOF. Build quality is very good, much better than the VC variety. The finder for the 21 is a huge piece with front diameter about 36mm or so, but otherwise is very good. No flare and with clearly visible brightlines with close range correction line. So, to sum up, i kind of like this lens. Hope this is helpful. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_marvin Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 I've been very happy with the Adorama version of the 28. I particularly like its small size (somewhat offset by the huge, but excellent, finder. My only complaint is thay it vignettes slightly with a standard screw-in filter. I guess it needs the WA variety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay bee Posted April 19, 2002 Author Share Posted April 19, 2002 Thanks gang. If I pull the trigger I will probably go with the 28 so I can do w/o the finder as I have a .72 TTL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now