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piticu
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piticu wrote:
Hi
I've just bought this lens but i couldn't find any details about it. Could someone help me a little bit? Any piece of info will be appreciated.
It's an f-mount but even the serial no is strange: 702285.
Please help
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luisalegria wrote:
Could you post a picture of the side and mount ?
There are some Vivitars that were supplied by makers not included in the famous serial number series, even in 1970-1990.
It could also be an early Vivitar, pre-1970 lens which did not have a serial number system.
Vivitar probably sometimes sold a product just in certain markets and not in others, for instance just to the UK or Europe and not in the US. I know Soligor was like that.
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piticu wrote:
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| Could you post a picture of the side and mount ? |
The lens I bought it from US. Here are the pics requested:
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Laurence wrote:
THIS is the sort of thing I LIKE about the MF crew! Take a "chance" on a lens that is sort of "offbeat" and give it a try! 
It certainly has the nice design, this will be interesting. 
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piticu wrote:
Well Laurence, if you ask me i'd say i got way too much free time 
I don't know about the internal lens design, bu the exterior looks very close to Vivitar 135mm f2.8 made by Komine.
The 100mm lens has a flow that i'm sure i will correct it in one way or another someday: either the aperture ring is too high or the "mount plate" is too sunken because i cannot mount the lens on my camera.
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luisalegria wrote:
What I can tell so far -
This probably came out as a Vivitar in 1971. The serial number is probably not in the famous Vivitar series because it is too short, the Vivitar serial number system needs 4-5 digits just for the coding. Maybe the serial number series was phased in slowly and was not completely in place when this was sold.
There was a similar lens sold as a Spiratone and as a Miida around that time. Spiratone was a distributor and I think so was Miida. Miida may have been associated with Hoya and possibly Sun.
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luisalegria wrote:
FYI, and in case the name Miida ever comes up again -
Miida was just a trademark for Marubeni, which is an old Japanese trading company. So that gets us no closer to identifying this.
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Screamin Scott wrote:
I still have an old Miida monopod from the early 70's
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sichko wrote:
Vivitar 2.8/135 Auto Telephoto No. 28529077 for comparison
I've got too much time on my hands.
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piticu wrote:
My Vivitar 135mm 2.8 looks even more similar to 100mm. Look:
  
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Screamin Scott wrote:
I have 2 Vivitar 100mm F2.8's . Both were made by Tokina, one is in Nikon Pre-Ai mount & the other in Konica EE mount...Nice lenses they are...
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Screamin Scott wrote:
The models I have are not quite as old as the one in the first photo of this thread & they are identifiable via the serial #'s which both start with 37...
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kds315* wrote:
Nice lens! Looks like a pre-AI mount to me though.
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newton wrote:
Thanks! Does that mean that it will work on a Nikon? I have no idea. I think it is a Minolta mount. PM me if you are interested in this 100 mm f/2.8. I sadly cannot use it with any of my bodies. I know this is a great lens. |
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martyn_bannister wrote:
I would have said Minolta mount. I'd be tempted to undo the whole mount and screw some other sort of adapter/body cap in its place  |
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newton wrote:
Martin, do you think it is worth it? I am guessing it is a great lens but can't find any sample pics with it here. |
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Olivier wrote:
I found this about a vivitar 2.8/100 :
http://forum.mflenses.com/anyone-heard-of-vivitar-100-f2-8-non-macro-m42-t35787,highlight,%2Bvivitar+%2B100+%2B2+%2B8.html
and could be the same as this one :
http://forum.mflenses.com/chinonflex-100mm-f-2-8-in-m42-mount-t18348.html
If it's like a pentor, look at spotmatic's results... 
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dimitrygo wrote:
The first lens mentioned in this thread is indeed similar to the lenses mentioned in these 2 threads. But the second lens mentioned here is different. It is made by Tokina, all others are presumably made by Sun. |
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Minolfan wrote:
A lens with Minolta MC/MD bayonet certainly will not work on a Nikon body.
Different mount and register distance.
Pity that shipping is pricy to Europe. |
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newton wrote:
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A lens with Minolta MC/MD bayonet certainly will not work on a Nikon body.
Different mount and register distance.
Pity that shipping is pricy to Europe. |
I just bought a lens from Japan. Now that was pricey. I think to Europe is cheap.
Spoke to a guy here who has been at it for 35 years. He dropped that he by chance has a Vivitar 100 mm f/2.8 that he is now selling. Said it was a very expensive lens back in the day almost $1000 and swears about it's quality.... That should be good news. Yeah, I was being facetious and wistful that the MC/MD would magically become a Nikon. Damn....reality....  . Lol. I am getting more tempted to find a way to use this lens..... |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Hardly anything works on a Nikon without corrected optics.
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Minolfan wrote:
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You can mount the lens (and lots of other ones) on Sony Nex or use the lens on film with a nice and cheap Minolta body. |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Pretty amazing quality. I would not be selling a lens like that.
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