In the late 60's Vivitar and Soligor lenses were the only lenses within my reach. That was when I was completely M42.
Jeffery On May 20, 2012, at 7:10 PM, John Coyle wrote: > Some of those old Vivitar lens were very good: I still occasionally use a > Vivitar 135/1.9, > which was excellent as a portrait lens on film, and does well on digital too. > > I'll have to visit more op-shops and garage sales here in Oz, there might > well be some > similar bargains to be had! > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Collin Brendemuehl > Sent: Sunday, 20 May 2012 10:10 PM > To: pdml > Subject: A neat lens: old Vivi 28-85 > > Went to some garage sales on Friday afternoon. > Picked up a neat old Vivitar 28-85/3.5-4.5 macro zoom. > Old thing from the 80s. Came with a nice black Program Plus. > So I took it out and tested it against my A50/2.8 macro. > These shots are hand-held, so they clearly do not reflect the quality of a > serious > comparison. > But the macro results from the Vivi were very impressive. > > Full image (vivi shot) reduced to 1K horiz. > http://brendemuehl.net/images/v2885/bbp1f_1k.jpg > > Actual center of image: > A50/2.8 > http://brendemuehl.net/images/v2885/bbp1c.jpg > > Vivitar > http://brendemuehl.net/images/v2885/bbv1c.jpg > > This is one of those lenses that required minor surgery. > It had that large shroud around the aperture arm that hits the PZ pins. Just > a quick snip > with the dikes and it's gone. > And a bit of black marker for flare reduction and all is well. > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
