Recent content by ha917

It looks as if my shot in the dark lens buying may have been a spot of good luck! Thanks for the encouraging comments. I will put some photos up as soon as I can, probably some time next week.

From your link "28-85 was probably best lens I have had. Lost it to a case of fungus." That's promising. I'm hoping there will be no fungus in the one I've got. Its surprising that when I googled the lens and looked at images, only a few came up, same on Flikr.

Thanks guys. I hadn't heard of Kiron before today. I will have to wait and see, I don't think it will arrive until early next week. I will give the KironKid a look and see what he says about it now.

I've been reading TP for a while but haven't really posted much, thanks for being so informative though! So, I have just bought a Kiron 28-85mm f2.8-3.5 Canon FD lens. My only other manual focus lens is the 50mm f1.8 so I don't have much experience of them. I just wanted to know your thoughts...

Thanks for the quick reply. Will I be paying the duty when I declare the lens at customs then? Is it still 17.5% on whatever I pay over in Dubai?

First post here, although been a daily reader for months, so a big hello to you all. Right, I'm in need of a little advice here. I would like to buy a Sigma 30mm f1.4 (canon fit) and have found it for £299 new from Misfuds. A very good price considering Jessops are 100 squids more. However, I...