Is there a story behind "Have a Safe Happy Sunday" Frank? Interesting shot.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Vivitar 19mm/3.8 > > > --- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any info about this one? I couldn't find much about > > it. > > > > Thibouille > > > > I believe there are at least two versions of it. > There's one with a smaller diameter filter ring > (62mm), and there's one with a much larger filter ring > (don't know the size). > > At least one person on this list (Paul Stenquist, who > I haven't heard from in a couple of weeks - vacation?) > has the larger one, and he's quite happy with it. > And, Paul is one of those who I consider knows his > stuff. > > The smaller one, which I have, is quite the cheap and > nasty lens. Despite that, I love it. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2449984 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1956319 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2495248 > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1161430 > > There's lots of barrel distortion at the edges, and > opened up, the edges are not at all sharp. As you > may know, I'm not a fanatic for sharpness, most of the > time (understatement of the year), so as long as > you're prepared for those fuzzy edges, you may be okay > with it. > > OTOH, it's usually pretty cheap - I wouldn't pay more > than $100US for it, and it may be worth less, I don't > know. > > If it's the larger one, I'd take it on Paul's say-so > that it's a good lens. They're more expensive, but I > don't know how much more. > > cheers, > frank > > > > > > > > ===== > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. > The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >
