I won't bother either since it's 4x what I paid for the lens! I cleaned it up and cut down the flange on the back so it would fit the D and it does a pretty decent job! Good color, fairly sharp at 5.6-8, surprisingly good flare resistance. Not bad for 2 bucks!
Here's the porch across the street at 200/8: http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/RL_Ed.jpg It's compact and doesn't weigh much, maybe RL is Really Light? ;-) (A nice "all plastic" Vivitar 28/2.8 came with it, Yuck PTUI!!) Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RL Edition Vivitar? > > > I don't know what it stands for but these people have a copy of the > manual for the Vivitar 28-135mm RL edition lens for download > > http://www.imanualsnow.com/servlet/catalog.CatalogControllerServle > t/template~Product.serv/categoryID~16 > > They want about $8.00 dollars for the privilege so I didn't bother. > > Don Sanderson wrote: > > >Perhaps it's the Rare and Limited Edition and I'm Really Lucky > to have it! > >;-) > > > >Don > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:04 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: RL Edition Vivitar? > >> > >> > >>"Really Lame"? :) > >> > >>best, > >>mishka > >> > >>On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:11:31 -0600, Don Sanderson > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I bought this off of eekBay for a couple bucks (literally) > >>>just because I've never heard of an "RL Edition". > >>> > >>>http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/RL.jpg > >>> > >>>Any else heard of this flavor Vivitar? > >>> > >>>Don > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on > during peacetime. > --P.J. O'Rourke > >
