I have found the 19mm Vivitar reasonably sharp, but flare prone and poor contrast. Seems well built though. It is in the same price range is the Zenitar 16mm fisheye. The Zenitar is a better lens in almost every aspect (about the only way the Vivitar is better is that you can use any filter with it, the Zenitar is limited to 3 B&W filters+clear). You might as well get the Zenitar, the distortion is so bad with the Vivitar it practically is a fisheye.
Todd At 01:30 PM 11/15/01 -0600, you wrote: >With a couple of birthday's on the horizon and Christmas around the corner >the budget is a little tight but I'm constantly looking for a little more >"space" in certain shots. > >Does anyone have any experience with the 19mm Vivitar? I realize this by >far no pro lens but it "affords" me a wider angle than my current 28mm >limit. > >Thanks for any replies > >D >- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
