Passend fur minolta md modelle analog, manueller focus. This lens was not part of the original series 1 family as released in the 1970s, nor was it part of the series 1 family when the john c. A lot of my photos are tagged with the lens that was used to take them. View and download vivitar series 1 service manual online. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. My lens is one of those lenses with oil leaking on the blades, this causes the blades to be too slow to close down. Mf lens for canon at the best online prices at ebay.
I then found the komine version and though quite good, i found that i prefer the kinokiron. I also have an old beatup 3585mm series 1 varifocal that is just a honey. Locate macro telephoto 1 available for purchasing today online. Unfollow vivitar series 1 lens to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Overall, its much better than the vivitar series1 281052. A couple of months ago i got the vivitar series 1 mf 70210mm3. Both of them are adequate, but not up to the quality of the series 1 2890 or the kiron 28105. That lense is light weight, great very close macro focusing, good contrast, small size. The optic is very sharp, while the transition to outoffocus elements is seamless, smooth and dreamlike, to the extent that the lens earned its own nickname from enthusiast photographers bokina. I would say that sharpness is about the same when cmparing the kiron and the vivitar but the vivitar is better built and is quite good in the.
At the focal length of 28 mm it enables you to take 1. Excellent glass, cosmetics and focusing, but aperture is stuck wide open. One thing to be aware of is that this lens is known to suffer from sticky aperture oily iris blades. I like it as much as either of the 70210 series 1 s that ive had versions 2 and 3. The front filter thread is 67mm, and does not rotate while focusing zooming. The lens is based on a pushpull principle focal length is changed by pushing or pulling the focusing ring, the lens length is changing at the same time. But the very best vivitar series 1 lens i have ever owned, maybe the best lens i ever owned period, was the series 1 90180mm medical macro lens.
The lens is a pushpull type, thus the focal length is changed by pushing or pulling the focusing ring and the lens length is changing at the same time. There are at least five known versions from different manufacturers all sold under the vivitar. Vivitars, and especially this lens, are notorious for problems with the aperture. Please contact a keh photography expert to discuss similar options. Macro capable with very short focusing distance, some time i found myself bumping. Also, i have begun using a ggs swivi lcd viewfinder to achieve critical focus. I would recommend avoiding the first generation of autofocus macro lenses. What are the best and worst of vivitar and series 1 lenses. Like many vivitar lenses, it was made for vivitar by fourth parties, and its design varied over the years.
Apocryphal data suggests this version was made by kino precision kiron in december, 1978. While my 282 kiron was out being serviced i started to use the 28 1. The vivitar 70210mm series 1 is the classic of classics of thirdparty lenses. It belongs to vivitar s legendary series 1 of for the time ultra fast zoom and primes lenses.
Taken from mark roberts website, heres how you can decipher your serial number. Vivitar 70210 series 1 macro zoom lenses mark roberts. Vivitar corporation was a manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of photographic and optical equipment originally based in santa monica, california. It is commonly referred to as the stovepie because of its long profile with wide front end. Variants 1 5 left to right of the vivitar series 1 70210 macro zoom. O 67mm filtergewinde seriennummer 28400684 mit hinterem objektivdeckel.
Find great deals on ebay for vivitar series 1 lenses. Deciphering vivitar serial numbers this coding system is for all vivitar series 1 lenses, not just the 70210, but. Performs smooth and easy, free of haze or fungus, bottom cap included only. Make offer nikon fd mount vivitar series 1 2890mm f2. It was a good deal, i dont know if he use this forum, since he is an olympus user as well. I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem. Everything appears to be functioning, except for the. Vivitar series 1 macro focusing auto zoom 70210mm 1.
If you are looking to do a lot of macro and want a high performance lens, for a great price, and especially love that substantial, rocklike feel of older manual focus glass, buy the vivitar series 1 90mm f2. Any of the autofocus series 1 lenses should be avoided, as should any of the ones that have maximum apertures of f4. Vivitar had contracts with different companies for their series 1 line lenses. This is the third generation made by komina and branded for vivitar. Using a piece of her jewelry as my subject, i grabbed my kiron 105mm f2. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. It costs you nothing, and is this sites, and thus my.
That is the uss constitution, and today were going to have a look at the vivitar 2890mm f2. I prefer manual focus macro lenses so the lack of a focus motor is a plus for me. Focus peaking doesnt quite lock in on xt20 with adapter. This tokinamanufactured macro lens provides a particularly pleasing bokeh. After the five versions shown here, vivitar sold some really poor lenses under the series 1 label, which all but destroyed the prestige of the brand.
This lens is notorious for oil leaking on the blades. Some outside shots using canon t2i and vivitar 2890mm. I switch to mf on my k100d body for most shots in the series, af switch for trap focus will be harder with the heavy weight on this lens. Ive read that this lens can be sharper than yours but im not positive on that. Somewhere there is a thread in which someone guesses that the non series 1 vivitar 2885 variable focusing lens was in competition with the 2890 to be the series 1 model. Vivitar came out with series 1 line of lenses in 1975 that was designed to compete with any highend lens on the market. This is for photos taken with the vivitar series 1 28mm f1. I have that lens in k mount and i would say its about as good as. That lense is light weight, great very close macro focusing, good contrast.
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