Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses

[Raimo K]

Vivitar is just a marketing company, no manufacturing facilities at all. But 
they had an optical design team in the eighties which created some excellent 
designs.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: KA mount Carl Zeiss Jena lenses


--- Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah the Leica R 600mm mirror lens in a Minolta one indeed...
Hmm. I was always under the impressiong that that particular
lens was made by Vivitar ... Vivitar made an excellent Series 1
600mm f/8 "Solid Cat" which, when compared against the Leica
lens of the same spec, was virtually identical in construction
quality, weight and performance.
I'll tell you, that was one heavy lens!
Godfrey

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