The one I was speaking of was a two touch f3.8 with a yellow Macro focusing
dot on the focus ring and macro focus range on the zoom ring. There's a
click stop at the 75mm focal length which you would turn past to enter "macro
focus", actually close focus to 1-4 at 75mm.
At 10:12 AM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Hi Peter,
Just to make sure, we are talking about the 85-205/3.8, not the
75-205/3.5 or 3.8?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Vivitar zoom question
> In a way it's a find. It shared the same optical formula with the first
> legendary 70-210 f3.5 S1. I don't think it was multi coated since it
seemed to
> suffer from an inordinate amount of flair. If I remember correctly there
> was also a special matched multiplier available for that lens which was
nice
> to have in a pinch. (It is a lot more compact than the Series 1 due to
> it's slightly slower max aperture and two touch design, but still
relatively
> ruggedly built). I happen to have it's little brother a 70-150 same
> optical formula and I have the MM for that which gives you a lot of lens
> in a very small package, the 75-205 isn't a lot bigger as I recall.
>
> At 05:00 AM 1/18/2003 -0800, you 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.
> >This was a sort of 'throw in' item, as I was really buying the body,
> >not all the lenses...
> >Apparently the seller was getting rid of all his M-42 gear, so he more
> >or less threw it in.
> >
> >In the meanwhile, I got to thinking about it.
> >On a long list of non-Pentax M-42 lenses I recently reviewed, it seems
> >that particular focal length has not been repeated by Vivitar nor any
> >of the others in the business.
> >And Vivitar has apparently only made one of that model. They make
> >other ranges of zooms that repeat focal lengths, but not in 85-205mm.
> >
> >Does anyone have any idea if anyone has tested this lens, or has other
> >data on it?
> >
> >I plan to do some of my own testing, of course, but in the
> >meanwhile...the focal length is sort of an oddball, and I wondered
> >about it.
> >
> >Thanks, all...
> >
> >keith whaley
>
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>
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