Found a shop in Vienna where it is listed at �140. I'll see if I can allow myself this one, having nothing wider than 28mm. I saw a Tamron 24mm in Belgium but at �225, it is out of my budget.
Thibouille -----Message d'origine----- De�: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy�: vendredi 30 juillet 2004 11:46 ��: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet�: Re: Vivitar 19mm/3.8 frank theriault wrote: > --- 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. Mine did turn out to be the one that uses the 62mm filter size. I didn't know there were two issues of that lens. [...] > 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 I paid US$138 for mine, new in 1998. It lists for about $259 or so...or did then. keith whaley
