Hi Fred,
I see no baffling on the mount nor any evidence of machine work. I compared the
mount to that of my M200/4, and it's identical. Both have a small shield next
to the aperture lever, but nothing else that I would call a flange or baffle. I
also have a Vivitar S! 90/2.5 macro, again a very early version. It too has a
conventional k mount. However, itt doesn't have the aperture lever shield. I
don't think I've ever seen a lens with this extra baffling, but I own very few
non-Pentax lenses.
Paul
> > 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.
>
> Nice shots to look at, Paul. ("OK, kids, how do we spell 'bokeh'?")
>
> Ya gotta love those ol' VS1 gems, eh?
>
> Just one question, Paul - did your lens (one of the first VS1 70-210
> version) come with the extra baffling (or flange) on the mount end (or
> evidence of it having already been removed)? I'm just trying to figure out
> the pattern (if there is one) to which of the original VS1 lenses had the
> flange (and maybe when it discontinued).
>
> Fred
>
>
