The vivitar19mm has also been available in TX as well as fixed mount. (Maybe that would be T4 mount). I don't think that T4 has a K adapter only M42.
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.
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
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