On 4/21/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The above named Vivitar Series 1 zoom that I bought the other day on > ebay arrived in the mail yesterday. This is the first version of that > lens. It appears to be in very nice condition with beautiful glass. i > had a few minutes to try it today, so I snapped some cherry tree > blossoms and a lamp in front of my house. The first cherry branch was > shot in the macro mode at aboiut 120mm, f8. The second branch was shot > in normal mode at 210mm, f5.6. The lamp was shot at 210mm, f3.5. All > are handheld. Shutter speeds were in the area of 1/250. I'm very > pleased with the sharpness and bokeh. Hope to get out and do some real > shooting with it this weekend. But these are encouraging. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=489283 >
The 40-210 S1 is an extremely rare lens, Paul. <g> (I know, it's not fair to make fun of a typo) Sharp isn't it? Nice bokeh, too. I know you'll like it. Just wait 'til you get it on a tripod - what am I saying? This is Steady Stenquiest I'm talking to. You don't need no stinking tripods! <LOL> Have fun with it, Paul. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
