Hi,
I'm just going to do a "me too" pretty much on what
Todd said. I had the Vivitar 19/3.8 for about 9
years, and never made a photo with it that I cared to
enlarge to 8x10. Actually, sharpness was ok in the
center on mine wide open, if you could find a scene
that had little chance of ANY extraneous light hitting
the lens. Truly a flare machine. I put an uncoated
uv filter on the front, and that actually cut flare
slightly (because the filter ring served as a hood, of
a poor sort). On mine though, the corners were not
sharp at any aperture. I would give it a miss,
and....
....look at the Zenitar fisheye(I know, like Todd
said). Better speed, sharpness, flare control. Mine
goes with me *everywhere*, and there is a lot of times
that you can minimize or hide the distortion (just not
around tall buildings) I have found the field of view
(180 deg) vastly more useful than the 97 deg of the
vivitar. Your mileage may vary.
William in Utah.
>
>Hi
>
>Has anybody on this list used either of the following
Vivitar lenses?
>
> Series 1 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 manual focus lens
>
> Fixed Focal Length Lens - 19mm f/3.8 Wide Angle.
>
>I'm thinking about purchasing one of them for use
with my Super-A (and
>with my MX when I receive it in a few weeks' time).
>
>Thanks in advance for whatever reflections you can
offer.
>
>Cheers
>
>Nicole
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