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alelinuxbsd
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 Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: How good is a Vivitar 80-200mm f4.5? |
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alelinuxbsd wrote:
How good is a Vivitar 80-200mm f4.5?
Especially at 4.5?
Is a constant 4.5 or not?
Some link or other to see some shoot?
Which other alternative until 200 mm with a good price/performance value?
The overal quality of this used zoom are paragonable with the pentax 50-200 despite the lack of automatism.  |
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Excalibur
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
***Which other alternative until 200 mm with a good price/performance value?****
Kiron 80-200mm f4 is very good, so is the Tamron 70-210mm 46a...if you want better zooms then you'll pay a lot more money.
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Big Dawg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:37 am Post subject: |
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Big Dawg wrote:
Mine was a decent lens but not spectacular. Wish I had it back now.
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alelinuxbsd
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alelinuxbsd wrote:
Thanks.  |
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scsambrook
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: How good is a Vivitar 80-200mm f4.5? |
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scsambrook wrote:
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Which other alternative until 200 mm with a good price/performance value?
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The Tamron Adaptall-2 is pretty good, and usually VERY cheap.
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Equipment: Pentax DSLR for casual shooting, Lumix G1 and Fuji XE-1 for playing with old lenses, and Leica M8 because I still like the optical rangefinder system. |
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scsambrook
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: Value 80-200 |
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scsambrook wrote:
Inexpensive zooms -
1: Tokina SZX 80-200mm at f11:
2: Tamron 80-210mm at f11
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Russ
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| Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Russ wrote:
Not as good as the Kiron 70-210 f/4 or second and third editions of the Viv Series 1 70-210 lenses. They are faster and sharper. And if you want something much smaller and still VERY sharp, the Kiron 70-150 f/4 is awesome!
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D1N0
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D1N0 wrote:
There are at least three different versions. 28xxx Komine (I see this one in two different version, with Name ring (62mm filters) and without with markings on the zoom/focusring instead (I have that one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/randomdump/albums/72157707412550415 ) 58mm filters. The latter is newer i'd guess.
22xxx Kino/Kiron 55mm filters, and 77xxxx Kobori also 55mm filters. The latter two have macro focussing, Komine doesn't.
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Doc Sharptail
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
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| 22xxx Kino/Kiron 55mm filters, and 77xxxx Kobori also 55mm filters. The latter two have macro focussing, Komine doesn't. |
I have the Kino f4.5 version on the desk beside me as I type this.
There is no macro function on it at all. It lacks depth of field scales. Minimum focus distance apes the Nikkor 80-200 f4.5 at a shade over 7 feet/2meters.
I had the Komine here and gave it to my sister. It had a short macro range, IIRC.
The Kino takes a 55mm filter.
They can be had very cheaply- about 20 dollars in a camera shop.
Mine doesn't get used. The glass in it is good. I have too many better lenses than it. The half f-stop click points dumb down the D-810's display with no aperture info between stops. I don't really mind the the half stop clicks myself, but it seems to bug a lot of other people- especially those that use it with film. It's fine on my match-needle metering Nikon film cameras- actually a little more precise when it comes to exposure.
-D.S.
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D1N0
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D1N0 wrote:
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| 22xxx Kino/Kiron 55mm filters, and 77xxxx Kobori also 55mm filters. The latter two have macro focussing, Komine doesn't. |
I have the Kino f4.5 version on the desk beside me as I type this.
There is no macro function on it at all. It lacks depth of field scales. Minimum focus distance apes the Nikkor 80-200 f4.5 at a shade over 7 feet/2meters.
I had the Komine here and gave it to my sister. It had a short macro range, IIRC.
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I was following one on eBay. The seller named it Macro, but apparently it's not. My Komine doesn't do macro same as your Kino, but there may be more versions of it. I do have the Kino Vivitar 75-205 1:3.8 Macro focussing (up to 1.2 meters) That is a nice lens for little money. A bit more manageable than the Kino series 1 70-210 1:3.5 version 1
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Doc Sharptail
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
Another very nice Vivitar that I had.
My series 1 was in pre AI f mount.
Other than being a sharp, fast focusing lens, mine suffered a bit from color shift on digital due to no aperture link.
It was absolutely fine on film with all the f cameras.
I was able to sell it, which is a good thing. I dislike having lenses that don't get used.
The remainders here have no buyer interest.
-D.S.
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