Odp: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[£ukasz Kacperczyk]

Read Fred's follow-up post, or change slashes.

Regards,
Lukasz
- Original Message - 
From: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images


> Fred,
> 
> In all of these site cites, my browser says, "Netscape is unable to
> locate the server."
> None of them will open for me. Has anyone else reported that problem?
> 
> Wait a minute...I find that if I change the backslashes to forward
> slashes, it works! Hah!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> keith whaley
> 
> Steve Larson wrote:
> > 
> > Fred,
> >  Thanks for all the data!
> > Steve Larson
> > Redondo Beach, California
> 
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 7:42 AM
> > Subject: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images
> > 
> > > Prompted by a recent thread involving the Vivitar Series 1 35-85/2.8
> > > lens and its modification for newer K-mount bodies, I'm providing
> > > some images involving this lens:
> > >
> > > Here are two VS1 35-85/2.8's, the left one of which shows the extra
> > > baffle, while the right one has been modified:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\1ofeach.jpg";>
> > >
> > > It is important, of course, to mask off completely the rest of the
> > > lens when the extra baffle is being removed:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\lensmod.jpg";>
> > >
> > > It is also possible to remove the K-mount flange and then remove the
> > > extra baffle after masking off only the flange:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\flangmod.jpg";>
> > >
> > > A description of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in a 1976 Vivitar Series 1
> > > brochure:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\brchdscr.jpg";>
> > >
> > > Specifications for and a photo of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in the same
> > > Vivitar Series 1 brochure::
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\brchspcs.jpg";>
> > >
> > > An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1975:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7510mp.jpg";>
> > >
> > > An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1976:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7607po.jpg";>
> > >
> > > An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7904mp.jpg";>
> > >
> > > Another ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:
> > > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7907mp.jpg";>
> > >
> > > Fred
> > >
> > >
> 

Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[Keith Whaley]

Fred,

In all of these site cites, my browser says, "Netscape is unable to
locate the server."
None of them will open for me. Has anyone else reported that problem?

Wait a minute...I find that if I change the backslashes to forward
slashes, it works! Hah!

Thanks,

keith whaley

Steve Larson wrote:
> 
> Fred,
>  Thanks for all the data!
> Steve Larson
> Redondo Beach, California

> - Original Message -
> From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 7:42 AM
> Subject: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images
> 
> > Prompted by a recent thread involving the Vivitar Series 1 35-85/2.8
> > lens and its modification for newer K-mount bodies, I'm providing
> > some images involving this lens:
> >
> > Here are two VS1 35-85/2.8's, the left one of which shows the extra
> > baffle, while the right one has been modified:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\1ofeach.jpg";>
> >
> > It is important, of course, to mask off completely the rest of the
> > lens when the extra baffle is being removed:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\lensmod.jpg";>
> >
> > It is also possible to remove the K-mount flange and then remove the
> > extra baffle after masking off only the flange:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\flangmod.jpg";>
> >
> > A description of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in a 1976 Vivitar Series 1
> > brochure:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\brchdscr.jpg";>
> >
> > Specifications for and a photo of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in the same
> > Vivitar Series 1 brochure::
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\brchspcs.jpg";>
> >
> > An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1975:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7510mp.jpg";>
> >
> > An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1976:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7607po.jpg";>
> >
> > An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7904mp.jpg";>
> >
> > Another ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:
> > <http://www.cetussoft.com\pentax\v358528\ad7907mp.jpg";>
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >

Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[John Mustarde]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:42:21 -0500, you wrote:

>Prompted by a recent thread involving the Vivitar Series 1 35-85/2.8
>lens and its modification for newer K-mount bodies, I'm providing
>some images involving this lens:
>
>Here are two VS1 35-85/2.8's, the left one of which shows the extra
>baffle, while the right one has been modified:
>

I modified the baffle on my Vivitar Series 1 90-180/4.5 macro much the
same way you did the VS1 35-85. I used a thin file as the cutting
tool, and also left the hump at the aperture lever.

--
John Mustarde
www.photolin.com

Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[Fred]

Dan:

> What tool did you use to modify your baffles?

Well, the best way to do it would be with a bench grinder.  However,
due to the tools available to me (or lack thereof), my mods were
made using just a hacksaw and a fine-toothed file (to finish it
off).

> It looks pretty clean.

...due to the "beauty" of a low-res scan - .  Seriously, both
mods came out OK, considering the "skill" () of the modifier.

> Did you repaint the newly exposed metal?

I just went over the bare metal (from the cut itself, and from any
"nicks" in the black paint that I made with the hacksaw or file)
with a black "magic marker". (Touching it up with flat black paint
would have been the proper way to go, but using a black "magic
marker" worked OK for me.)

By the way, I did not remove 100% of the "extra generous" baffle
that the Vivitar engineers provided back in 1975 - I did leave a
short length near the aperture coupling lever.  This is similar to
the way there is a short "baffle" (I think it's really a mechanical
protection for the aperture coupling lever) on jen-you-wine Pentax
K-mounts.  Doing this also simplified the cutting, since I didn't
have to hacksaw so close to the aperture coupling lever - .

Fred

Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[Dan Scott]

On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 10:39  AM, Fred wrote:


I think my browser hates your slashes.


Oops - Sorry, Dan (and I also apologize to anyone else who tried
those links - ).  I've posted a pretty good mixture of forward
slashes and backslashes (the result of not totally transposing some
hard disk locations to the corresponding www URL's - ).  The
corrected URL's are appended below.  

Fred



S'ok. I needed to practice my typing anyway. :-)

What tool did you use to modify your baffles? It looks pretty clean. 
Did you repaint the newly exposed metal?

Dan Scott

Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[Fred]

> I think my browser hates your slashes.

Oops - Sorry, Dan (and I also apologize to anyone else who tried
those links - ).  I've posted a pretty good mixture of forward
slashes and backslashes (the result of not totally transposing some
hard disk locations to the corresponding www URL's - ).  The
corrected URL's are appended below.  

Fred

+

Prompted by a recent thread involving the Vivitar Series 1 35-85/2.8
lens and its modification for newer K-mount bodies, I'm providing
some images involving this lens:

Here are two VS1 35-85/2.8's, the left one of which shows the extra
baffle, while the right one has been modified:


It is important, of course, to mask off completely the rest of the
lens when the extra baffle is being removed:


It is also possible to remove the K-mount flange and then remove the
extra baffle after masking off only the flange:


A description of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in a 1976 Vivitar Series 1
brochure:


Specifications for and a photo of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in the same
Vivitar Series 1 brochure::


An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1975:


An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1976:


An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:


Another ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:


+

Re: VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[Dan Scott]

Hi Fred,

I think my browser hates your slashes.

Best,
Dan Scott

VS1 35-85/2.8 Lens Images

[Fred]

Prompted by a recent thread involving the Vivitar Series 1 35-85/2.8
lens and its modification for newer K-mount bodies, I'm providing
some images involving this lens:

Here are two VS1 35-85/2.8's, the left one of which shows the extra
baffle, while the right one has been modified:


It is important, of course, to mask off completely the rest of the
lens when the extra baffle is being removed:


It is also possible to remove the K-mount flange and then remove the
extra baffle after masking off only the flange:


A description of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in a 1976 Vivitar Series 1
brochure:


Specifications for and a photo of the VS1 35-85/2.8 in the same
Vivitar Series 1 brochure::


An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1975:


An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1976:


An ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:


Another ad for the VS1 35-85/2.8 from 1979:


Fred