puttin
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Can buy Vivitar 135mm f2.8 for 35.00 in exc. cond. Is anyone familar with this lens?
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Vivitar lens guaility
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Jake Reaney
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Vivitar never made a lense. They contracted with many different lense manufacturers including Olympus. Some of the 135mm lenses were made by Komine. I use one of those on my e 410 and get great results. They're pretty cheap on eBay and usually a great value. By the way, excellent pics with your Vivitar!
Jake
Jake
I think Vivtar spec'd the lenses, and then sent them out to various manufacturers.
Based on the info here:
http://www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htm
Mine is made by Komine also (starts with 28 on the serial no).
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Good shooting.
Based on the info here:
http://www.cameraquest.com/VivLensManuf.htm
Mine is made by Komine also (starts with 28 on the serial no).
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Good shooting.
- Adam
puttin
Veteran Member
Nice pics, looks like a decent lens. Cant go wrong for 17.00 even at 35.00, so I think I will get it. I had a couple of the Series 1 lenses and they were ok, but that was on film and they are long goneI got mine for $17, it's a sleeper for sure!
Some examples.. All with E-500...
@ f/8 (maximum sharpness)
@ f/5.6
@ f/2.8
@ f/3.5
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Good shooting.
Equipment in plan
- Adam
I hesitated also between the Nikon 135mm 2.4 (75$) & the Vivitar.
I first bought the nikon one but it's mutch more heavy & hard to focus.
Today I bought the Vivitar one in Vancouver (kerrisdale cameras) for 30$
& it has a better sharpness at 2.8 than the nikon one (blured corners).
it's a great deal for the price !
I first bought the nikon one but it's mutch more heavy & hard to focus.
Today I bought the Vivitar one in Vancouver (kerrisdale cameras) for 30$
& it has a better sharpness at 2.8 than the nikon one (blured corners).
it's a great deal for the price !
Goffen
Veteran Member
There is also a "close focusing" one that is a nice macro where you need some distance.
Goffen
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Goffen
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As has already been said Komine made the lens. They also marketed under their own name which was Kiron. Basically most of Vivitar series 1 lenses were made by Komine. The give away is normally when it's gloss black paint finish which was what the Kiron lenses came in. But there was a few matt finish ones as well. Kiron lenses are also very well worth checking out.
DougJGreen
Veteran Member
Kiron was the brand of Kino Precision Optical Ltd. Kiron lenses were generally excellent quality as 3rd party lenses go - comparable to Tokina and Tamron.
http://www.mflenses.com/content/view/55/
As for that Vivitar 135mm f2.8 manual focus lens, the more recent versions are quite good, but they can be gotten off of ebay for typically under $25 (usually $10-20 plus shipping).
$35 would only be a good price if it was from a local vendor, and there was some type of return for refund option if the condition were not up to snuff.
http://www.mflenses.com/content/view/55/
As for that Vivitar 135mm f2.8 manual focus lens, the more recent versions are quite good, but they can be gotten off of ebay for typically under $25 (usually $10-20 plus shipping).
$35 would only be a good price if it was from a local vendor, and there was some type of return for refund option if the condition were not up to snuff.
m5dream
Member
How do I mount this on a E500?
puttin
Veteran Member
So far I like it,but have only played with it around the house. It seems to focus smoothly but I need to get used to it. It has a longer travell then some of my other manual lenses. It goes to 80 ft before infinity where as most lenes are around 30 ft.
puttin
Veteran Member
You need a 4/3 adapter. I got mine on ebay under 25.00 from a seller called much mall. I just ordered my 3rd one so I can leave on my most used lenses
Skeeterbytes
Forum Pro
If you stick with Series 1, the lens quality should be quite good.
--Rick
--Rick
puttin
Veteran Member
No, but that might be a good idea since I plan to use some of my old lenses
puttin
Veteran Member
I had 2 of them in my film days and they were very good
then I would warmly recomand you the screens from sir Haoda (haoda screens .com ) , He answers personaly to each email & sells the 3rd gen. of his screens for 1/3 of the price than ketseyes ones. I took 10 minutes (all tools are furnished) to install it , & had to put some spacers for a perfect focus (also in the box) . It's a gem with 1.4 50mm lens & works very well on Vivitar also.
Stainedsilver
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