Whoa! I had typed 85mm-205mm, f/3.8. Not 75mm-205mm.
Do the previous comments still stand, about it sharing the same optical formula as the Series I 70-210mm? Please revisit this... keith Peter Alling wrote: > > I don't think that this lens dates to 1968. Monaghan's list of third party > lenses shows two 75-205 zooms from Vivitar one released in 77 and one in 86. > I think there may be a mistake on the date for the two touch since it was > concurrent with the original series 1 70-210, (and reported as such in > Modern Photography at the time). The other possibility is that Vivitar > released at least one and possibly two other lenses in the 75-205 range > that are not listed on Monaghan's page. (In that case I have no idea which > lens you actually have and you can disregard everything I written in the last > two posts). > At 06:10 AM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Oh, never mind...this lens was made way back in 1968. I wouldn't > >expect anyone has much of anything on Vivitar from back then. Vivitar > >was more or less just starting out, and this is an early lens...I know > >nothing of their optical quality but it's very well made. Just big and > >kludgy...and a full 200mm + in length! <g> > > > >keith > > > >Keith Whaley wrote: > > > > > > All this recent talk of Vivitars has elicited a couple of questions... > > > > > > Not long ago, I won a bid on eBay for a very nice but older Pentax > > > body and accessories. > > > Among the pile was this NEW M-42 Vivitar zoom, 85 to 205mm, f/3.8 to 22.0. > > > > [...]
