Yeahbut, yeahbut...if it ain't a 85mm at the low end, none of this pertains, Kind Sir!
Now, have you any wonderful info about the 85-205 M-42 f/3.8 Vivitar tank? keith Peter Alling wrote: > > The one I was speaking of was a two touch f3.8 with a yellow Macro focusing > dot on the focus ring and macro focus range on the zoom ring. There's a > click stop at the 75mm focal length which you would turn past to enter "macro > focus", actually close focus to 1-4 at 75mm. > > At 10:12 AM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi Peter, > > Just to make sure, we are talking about the 85-205/3.8, not the > >75-205/3.5 or 3.8? > >Steve Larson > >Redondo Beach, California > >"Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film." > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:11 AM > >Subject: Re: Vivitar zoom question > > > > > > > In a way it's a find. It shared the same optical formula with the first > > > legendary 70-210 f3.5 S1. I don't think it was multi coated since it > >seemed to > > > suffer from an inordinate amount of flair. If I remember correctly there > > > was also a special matched multiplier available for that lens which was > >nice > > > to have in a pinch. (It is a lot more compact than the Series 1 due to > > > it's slightly slower max aperture and two touch design, but still > >relatively > > > ruggedly built). I happen to have it's little brother a 70-150 same > > > optical formula and I have the MM for that which gives you a lot of lens > > > in a very small package, the 75-205 isn't a lot bigger as I recall. > > > > > > At 05:00 AM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > > >All this recent talk of Vivitars has elicited a couple of questions... > > > > > > > >Not long ago, I won a bid on eBay for a very nice but older Pentax > > > >body and accessories. > > > >Among the pile was this NEW M-42 Vivitar zoom, 85 to 205mm, f/3.8 to > >22.0. > > > >This was a sort of 'throw in' item, as I was really buying the body, > > > >not all the lenses... > > > >Apparently the seller was getting rid of all his M-42 gear, so he more > > > >or less threw it in. > > > > > > > >In the meanwhile, I got to thinking about it. > > > >On a long list of non-Pentax M-42 lenses I recently reviewed, it seems > > > >that particular focal length has not been repeated by Vivitar nor any > > > >of the others in the business. > > > >And Vivitar has apparently only made one of that model. They make > > > >other ranges of zooms that repeat focal lengths, but not in 85-205mm. > > > > > > > >Does anyone have any idea if anyone has tested this lens, or has other > > > >data on it? > > > > > > > >I plan to do some of my own testing, of course, but in the > > > >meanwhile...the focal length is sort of an oddball, and I wondered > > > >about it. > > > > > > > >Thanks, all... > > > > > > > >keith whaley > > > > > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > > > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx > > > > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx
