After year long break I finally found some time for posting some short reviews of 35mm lenses. These days I’m more into electronics than photography and I’m afraid it won’t change anytime soon. However I’ll try to finish what I started and test all remaining lenses that I have. The 35mm tests are last ones performed before changing testing environment a bit, hopefully to provide better results. In fact I tested all my 35mm lenses year ago but never managed to post results. I’d reshot these tests in new environment but I already sold some of lenses. Also please forgive me nice piece of lint visible at higher F numbers 
I’ve noticed it after conducting the tests and was too lazy to reshot everything.
We will start our 35mm journey with Minolta MD Rokkor 35mm F1.8
As far as I can remember kit lens usualy ment cheap and average lens. Of course they are some exceptions and some kits are really good performes. So how good is Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS which is sold as kit with full frame Sony E-mount cameras. If you think about buying one as a cheap walkaround zoom then this short review may help you decide if it is worth it.
Many photographers think that good lenses are razor sharp lenses. I don’t agree with such statement. What is important for me is how lens is affecting final picture. Depending on type of photography I may prefer lens with strong vignetting or with soft corners. The real gems however are those lenses which creates uncommon pictures. I especially like wide aperture primes creating uncommon bokeh. When I saw sample images from Vivitar VMC Series 1 28mm F1.9 I had to buy it for its unique and busy bokeh.
I’ve mentioned earlier in Panagor 24mm lens test that Kino Precision is considered a manufacturer of one of best legacy lenses. One of brands these lenses were available under was Kiron. The only Kiron lens that I have is Kiron MC 28mm F2. It has very solid metal build and weights 255 grams without caps. Lets check its performance to see if it is really that good.