Hi Fred, Again, thanks for the wealth of information, and the time you took to purvey it Fred. I have a Vivitar hood for it, but it`s too short. I`m going to try the 90-180 hood (thanks Paul Str) with a step-up ring and see how it works out, or hunt for a Nikon hood. BTW, have you tried the 90/2.5 with 1:1 adapter and a VS1 28/1.9 reversed on the front of it? They both have 58mm threads and work very well together. I managed it with a 58mm male to 58mm male coupler I found on ebay. Steve (still hunting for that "Vivitar Book") Larson Redondo Beach, California "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 7:15 AM Subject: Re: VS1 90/2.5 macro - dedicated hood? > > Was there such a beast? > > As far as I know, Steve, never. One was never shown (to my > knowledge) in VS1 literature or VS1 ads, nor was one mentioned in > such sources as "The Vivitar Book". > > See the following for examples of such literature: > an ad from 11/76 - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025ad7611pop.jpg > an ad from 3/78 - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025ad7803pop.jpg > a brochure description - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025brochdescr.jpg > a brochure spec sheet and photo - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025brochspecs.jpg > > Oh, there was no hood mentioned anywhere in the VS1 90/2.5 Macro > owners manual, either. > > Vivitar did, on the other hand, put out hoods on certain > contemporaneous lenses, such as the (first, with 67mm filter > threads) VS1 70-210/3.5 and the (one and only) VS1 35-85/2.8. > > Interestingly, while (I believe) Vivitar never put out a dedicated > hood for the VS1 90/2.5 Macro, Tokina did make a dedicated clip-on > hood for the optically identical AT-X 90/2.5 Macro (which also makes > a nice hood for the AT-X 60-120/2.8, with surprisingly no vignetting > at the wide end). But I digress... > > While on the subject of the VS1 90/2.5 Macro, here are a few macro > test shots: > 4:1 @ f/8 (without 1:1 Macro Adapter) - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025-41-8.jpg > 2:1 @ f/8 (without 1:1 Macro Adapter) - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025-21-8.jpg > 1:1 @ f/8 (with 1:1 Macro Adapter) - > http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/v9025/v9025-11-8.jpg > > But I (once again) digress... > > Fred >
