Tamron made a similar focal lenght (manual focus) for adaptall. A gave it to ny daughter. Very nice lens. Jens
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. august 2004 03:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: OT: 24-48mm *The Hard Way!* Nice to hear someone cares enough to save these classic lenses. Don Sanderson wrote: >As I have no friends who are into photography I just had to brag about this >to somebody! ;-) >About 9 months ago I bought a Vivitar Series 1 24-48mm F:3.8 VMC on eBay in >"needs repair" condition. >They didn't lie! >It had 4 flat spots in the helix from being dropped, all the helix and focus >screws and nylon bushings were bent, broken or missing. >The aperture blades were oily enough to make a Texan see dollar signs, it >only went from 24-35mm and didn't focus at all! >Pretty sad. >Well after 9 months, and almost tossing it out 50 times, I decided it was >time to sink or swim. >Totally dis-assemble, grind the helix flat spots out, clean everything, make >new screws and bushings out of old lense parts, relube, re-assemble, adjust >infinity focus, clean the outside, replace the rubber. >It's Alive!!!!!!!!!! >It's still not beautiful to look at but it's sharp enough to "snap" into >focus on a soda can at 24mm and 15 feet! >Still have to straighten the filter ring to put on (77mm!!) filters, but if >it performs as well as it looks thru the viewfinder it's a dandy! >Never tried to save one this bad before. >Let's see, about 20 hours work at oh, $35 per hour.......... wow, only about >$700.00! > >Think it's worth it? (It is a cool FL range!) > >Don (blowing own horn, gloat, brag, etc) ;-) > > > > >
