I've got two of them, the S1 f3.5 (second version), and third version f2.8~4.0. I don't use the second version much, but it's not worth trying to unload it since I paid about $70 for it, (like new in original packaging), but the f2.8~4.0 is just too valuable when I need a relitively fast zoom. I find it to be at least as sharp as any other ~200mm lenses I have and the SMC Pentax F 70~210mm 4.0~5.6 hunts so much that it's effectivly manual focus in anything less than bright sunlight, so the Vivitar becomes my default medium-long telephoto.
-----Original Message----- >From: Charles Robinson <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 6, 2009 4:58 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Vivitar S1 70-210 - anyone still use these? > >I really liked this big hefty one-touch zoom when I had my DS. >Despite its slight tendency to overexpose by about a stop, it was big >'n' bright and sharp. > >I've found less and less love for manual zooms since getting my K10D, >though. Why? Because I like to use SR for most of my hand-held stuff >(especially at long zooms, where it is actually quite useful) and >since this is a manual zoom, I either have to pick a zoom length, >stick with it, and set the SR accordingly - or just not use SR (or >accept that it's a compromise). > >Frankly, it's more trouble than it's worth and I don't do that much >telephoto work anymore. It's on my stack of "I'll probably be getting >rid of this lens" lenses (which is, admittedly, a stack that rarely >actually goes down in size). > >What have others done with their ueber-zooms which are not auto >focus? Do you still use them, and if so what do you do (if anything) >about that pesky "zoom length" setting for the SR? > > -Charles > >-- >Charles Robinson - [email protected] >Minneapolis, MN >http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
