I forgot to mention this, but Mark Roberts, a member of this list has put together a comparison page of the manual focus Vivitar Series One 70-210 lenses. All the relevant information including resolution information on the first three versions. I guess he didn't think the last two version were worth having resolution data on.
http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm P. J. Alling wrote: >Of the series one lenses the Komine lens is the way to go. The Cosina >version doesn't have nearly the same reputation. The Pentax lens is >actually better than either of the Vivitar lenses, though not as fast. >So I guess I would recommend the Pentax over the 4th version of the >series one lens. If you don't think you need the A capability and can >live with the limitations of a K mount on the *ist-DL then you might >look for a the second version of the Series 1. It's about a 1/3rd stop >faster. I have one and it's very good. The first version is very good >as well but very heavy in comparison. > > >Matt Kelch wrote: > > > >>Hello everyone, My name is Matt and have just recently gotten into >>photography with the purchase of a Pentax *ist DL. I've been taking >>lots of pictures around town, and having the camera for less than a >>month I've taken over 1500 shots. Feel free to check my gallery at >>http://vulc4n.com/v/Photo/ >> >>Now that I have had the camera for a month I have found that I really >>need a lens with more reach than the 18-55mm kit lens. I don't have a >>lot of money to spend (maybe around 100.00) Basically, I want something >>thats reasonably fast (at least f4), is decent optically (something on >>par with my 18-55 Pentax kit lens), and a zoom range somewhere within >>the area of 50-220 mm. I have been doing a good bit of research and >>have more or less settled on a few lenses. I have been successful i >>finding two of them, but the third has proven rather hard to find. >> >>Here is my lens list: >>1. Vivitar Series One 70-210mm f/2.8-4.0 (v3 made by Komine) [with A >>appature mode] >>2. Pentax SMC A 70-210mm f.4.0 >>3. Vivitar Series One 70-210mm f/2.8-4.0 (v4 made by Cosina) >> >>The last two lenses are relatively easy to come by, as is the first >>without the A appature mode [can it be found with the A appature >>mode?]. The question is, if the first cannot be found, which of them is >>going to perform better? The primary use for the lens other than >>shooting random stuff around town will be taking pictures at sporting >>events. So, lots of use for high speed action in relatively bad >>lighting. This makes me think that the Cosina made 70-210mm might be >>the right way to go if the Komine made lens cannot be found. Has anyone >>compared the Pentax lens to the Cosina lens? I'm curious how much worse >>the Cosina lens is optically. For that matter, how much worse is the >>Cosina than the Komine? >> >>Also, if anyone has another lens that fits the bill please let me know. >>I'm a noob and know next to nothing about pentax lenses. >> >>Thanks, >>Matt >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
