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testing my lenses - part 83 - Vivitar 35mm/2.8
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:44 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:44 pm
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m42 mount, serial starting with 37













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They look encouraging. Are they the whole of the image? If so, it would be nice to see some crops if you can manage it.


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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:10 pm
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scsambrook wrote:
They look encouraging. Are they the whole of the image? If so, it would be nice to see some crops if you can manage it.


i rarely crop these samples, which photo would you like to see cropped?


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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:54 pm
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Nice samples.

I cannot pick out the focal point in #5 but the close shots are very good.


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revers wrote:

I cannot pick out the focal point in #5 but the close shots are very good.

yeah, i should have stopped down the lens more than i did to get more DOF


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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:56 pm
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Nice shots! The first and last especially are my favourites.

I've got one of these Tokina Vivitar 35mm 2.8s in M42 as well and really like it. As seen in your samples the colour is very nice and it's quite sharp and can focus quite closely. It was the first Tokina made lens I purchased and I liked it so much I've picked up three RMC Tokinas since then.


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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:09 pm
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These look very good samples. I've had bad experience with Tokina so I've written them off.


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martinsmith99 wrote:
I've had bad experience with Tokina so I've written them off.

i, on the other hand, have had good experience with Tokina's , especially AT-X line of lenses


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WolverineX wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote:
I've had bad experience with Tokina so I've written them off.

i, on the other hand, have had good experience with Tokina's , especially AT-X line of lenses


...didn't think much of the Tokina 100-300mm zoom, can't tell you the "f" number as I've slung it in a box at the back of the cupboard Sad


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Excalibur wrote:
...didn't think much of the Tokina 100-300mm zoom, can't tell you the "f" number as I've slung it in a box at the back of the cupboard Sad

probably RMC f5.6 version


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WolverineX wrote:
Excalibur wrote:
...didn't think much of the Tokina 100-300mm zoom, can't tell you the "f" number as I've slung it in a box at the back of the cupboard Sad

probably RMC f5.6 version



Yes you are right.


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Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:27 am
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martinsmith99 wrote:
These look very good samples. I've had bad experience with Tokina so I've written them off.

What, you've written off the whole brand? Ever try a Tokina 90/2.5 macro ("Bokina")? Or their newer lenses such as 12-24/4, 11-16/2.8, 35/2.8 macro -- all brilliant lenses.


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new samples made with E-M5













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Nice series really, congrats!


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It looks much better on the E-M5, looks like they are finally getting decent performance out of the small M4/3 sensor. Smile
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